单词 | refueller |
释义 | refuellerrefuelern. 1. A person who refuels something (typically an aircraft). Also: a person who operates something (typically an aircraft) that refuels others. ΚΠ 1929 Los Angeles Times 3 Jan. ii. 2/3 (heading) Catapult refueler disqualified by accident. 1953 Soviet Stud. 4 441/1 Assistant Brigade Leader..Refueller..Water-carrier [etc.]. 1978 Facts on File (Nexis) 1 Dec. About 2,000 oil tanker drivers and aircraft refuelers went out on a nationwide strike. 2003 Chicago Tribune (Midwest ed.) 30 Aug. ii. 10/1 He worked for Trans World Airlines Inc. in Chicago as a refueler. 2. A vessel, aircraft, etc. designed to refuel another. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessels with other specific uses > [noun] > others spec. weir-boat1436 monkey boat1813 night boat1839 commodore1847 sneak-boat1850 pitch-boat1867 press boat1870 love boat1913 patrol craft1919 refueller1929 gin palace1949 bumboat1972 1929 Oxnard (Calif.) Daily Courier 4 Jan. 1/7 The San Diego supply ship leaves that section to be stationed with its sister refueller..at Van Nuys. 1956 Flight 17 Aug. 261/1 (title) Testing refueller filters. 2004 Wall St. Jrnl. 2 Jan. (Central ed.) a4/2 It's planning to buy aerial refuelers that would extend the range of Japanese fighters. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1929 |
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