| 单词 | sky-marker |
| 释义 | > as lemmassky-marker sky-marker n. Military (now historical) a parachute flare used by raiding aircraft to mark a target, esp. in the Second World War (1939–45); also attributive in sky-marker bomb, sky-marker flare, etc. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > hostilities in the air > aircraft weapons or equipment > [noun] > target marker marker1936 sky-marker bomb1943 marker bomb1944 target indicator1944 1943 Times 31 Dec. 4/6 The Pathfinder force used parachute flares known as ‘skymarkers’ which drift downwards very slowly, to mark the target area. 1944 Times 17 Feb. 4/4 Flak was so violent when the first sky-marker bombs were dropped that it was evident that the main night fighter force was late. 1946 R.A.F. Jrnl. May 169 The red, yellow and green T.I.s and the skymarker flares, remained the principal weapons of P.F.F. throughout the war. 2015 P. Bone in M. W. Bowman Voices in Flight xv. 221 As these ‘sky-markers’ naturally drifted in the wind, the Path Finders would follow up with different pre-arranged colours. < as lemmas |
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