| 单词 | rocket plane |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrocket plane rocket plane n. (a) an aircraft powered by a rocket engine; (b) an aircraft armed with rockets (rare). ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > [noun] > with other types of engines rocket plane1913 trimotor1923 rocket airplane1927 rocket aeroplane1930 turbojet1945 turboprop1945 propjet1946 society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > [noun] > used in warfare > with specific armament rocket plane1913 gun bus1919 1913 Flight 4 Jan. 22/1 A correspondent, Mr. L. F. Hutcheon, sends us particulars of some experiments he has recently been making with what he terms rocket-planes, i.e., a model aeroplane in which the ordinary rubber motor is replaced by a gunpowder one—in this case a rocket. 1928 Pop. Mech. Nov. 718/2 Valier has calculated that a rocket plane could be shot from Berlin to New York in ninety-three minutes. 1932 A. Huxley Brave New World iv. 70 The deeper drone of the rocket-planes hastening, invisible, through the bright sky five or six miles overhead. 1945 Daily Tel. 7 Aug. 1/6 R.A.F. shattered panzer counter-attack in Normandy. Rocket planes knocked out 35 tanks. 2007 Nature 30 Aug. 989/1 SpaceshipTwo is meant to extend the success into a business with a small fleet of rocketplanes that can each carry two pilots and six paying customers. < as lemmas |
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