| 单词 | to break the sound barrier |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto break the sound barrier sound barrier n. the obstacle to supersonic flight posed by such factors as increased drag and reduced controllability, which occur when aircraft not specially designed for such flight approach the speed of sound; also figurative; to break the sound barrier, to travel faster than sound. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > move at specific rate [verb (intransitive)] > go faster than speed of sound to break the sound barrier1939 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > thing heard > [noun] > sound > sound barrier sound barrier1939 sonic barrier1945 society > travel > air or space travel > specific movements or positions of aircraft > aerodynamic forces and concepts > [noun] > limitations on speed sound barrier1939 thermal barrier1951 heat barrier1953 1939 Jrnl. Royal Aeronaut. Soc. 43 818 It is noteworthy that the curve, which at first is flat, rises gradually for a while, without the enormous increases which other experimenters have found between M.n. 0·6 and 0·8, and which have made them speak of a concrete ‘sound barrier’. 1952 Times 8 Sept. 5/2 Their moment of triumph after breaking once more through the sound barrier. a1955 in T. H. Pear Eng. Social Differences (1955) iii. 112 Is there a Sound Barrier against your Son? 1955 Times 7 July 8/3 The bang that shook London early on Tuesday morning was caused..by a Gloster Javelin breaking the sound barrier. 1963 Listener 14 Mar. 457/1 The African rhythmic element is not part of the Asian musical heritage, and there are totally different tonal systems which constitute a kind of ‘sound-barrier’ which jazz has had to crash. 1973 A. Price October Men xvi. 231 When the General whispered, people moved..when he growled, they broke the sound barrier. 1976 Lancs. Evening Post 7 Dec. 1/4 When we went through the sound barrier I only felt a very slight judder. < as lemmas |
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