| 单词 | to nose down |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto nose down 9. intransitive. to nose down: to direct the nose of an aircraft downwards; to produce or undergo a downward steepening of the flight path. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > action of flying (in) aircraft > specific flying operations or procedures > [verb (intransitive)] > descend to nose down1916 1916 H. Barber Aeroplane Speaks (1918) ii. 85 If a sharp turn necessitates banking beyond that angle, he must ‘nose-down’. 1938 V. W. Pagé Airplane Servicing Man. xxiv. 818 It is considered advisable, if the engine should stop, that the plane will nose down automatically, instead of tending to stall. 1958 R. D. Blacker Basic Aeronaut. Sci. xi. 195/1 The vertical portion of the lift was not as great as the weight of the airplane and it nosed down, losing altitude. 1974 J. Montgomerie Implosion xii. 86 We crossed the coast, nosing down over pewter sea... Runway rose towards us. 1993 D. Robinson Goshawk Squadron (BNC) 72 Each pilot wheeled out of the fictional sun, nosed down, and jockeyed his bouncing machine into a dive. < as lemmas |
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