| 单词 | sausage balloon |
| 释义 | > as lemmassausage balloon sausage balloon n. (a) an elongated aeronautical balloon; †(b) slang a kite balloon used for observation (obsolete). ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > balloons and airships > [noun] > balloon > types of balloon fire balloon1754 Montgolfier1783 hot-air balloon1843 sausage1858 sausage balloon1874 observation balloon1909 obbo1925 aerostat1974 society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > balloons and airships > [noun] > balloon > types of balloon > attached to a wire sausage balloon1874 kite-balloon1898 blimp1916 1874 Belgravia Aug. 170 I am not, at this length of time, quite certain as to whether the body of the ‘sausage’ balloon was provided with two valves—one at each end of the cylinder—or whether there was but a solitary trap for the emission of gas at the convexity of the summit. 1916 F. M. Ford Let. 28 July (1965) 67 The air is full of sausage balloons, swallows, larks & occasional aeroplanes. 1917 ‘Sapper’ No Man's Land 97 A row of sausage balloons like a barber's rash adorned the sky. 1930 E. Blunden De Bello Germanico 79 Daylight relieving still prevailed, despite the hovering sausage-balloons. < as lemmas |
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