英语词汇“to take to or hit the silk”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

d. A parachute; chiefly in to take to or hit the silk, to bale out of an aircraft by parachute. U.S.A.F. slang.

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society > travel > air or space travel > parachuting > parachute [verb (intransitive)] > jump out of aircraft > in emergency

to bail out1925

to take to or hit the silk1933

to hit the silk1941

to step out1942

to punch out1964

1933 Jrnl. Royal Aeronaut. Soc. 37 828 The American pilot..remarked that if he had engine trouble over England he would ‘take to the silk’, in other words abandon his machine and come down by parachute.

1943 R. Whelan Flying Tigers 100 After gaining altitude Mott's plane burst into flames and he ‘hit the silk’.

1956 N. Marsh Off with his Head (1957) viii. 177 Over Germany..we got clobbered and I hit the silk.

单词	to take to or hit the silk
释义	> as lemmas to take to or hit the silk d. A parachute; chiefly in to take to or hit the silk, to bale out of an aircraft by parachute. U.S.A.F. slang. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > parachuting > parachute [verb (intransitive)] > jump out of aircraft > in emergency to bail out1925 to take to or hit the silk1933 to hit the silk1941 to step out1942 to punch out1964 1933 Jrnl. Royal Aeronaut. Soc. 37 828 The American pilot..remarked that if he had engine trouble over England he would ‘take to the silk’, in other words abandon his machine and come down by parachute. 1943 R. Whelan Flying Tigers 100 After gaining altitude Mott's plane burst into flames and he ‘hit the silk’. 1956 N. Marsh Off with his Head (1957) viii. 177 Over Germany..we got clobbered and I hit the silk. extracted from silkn.adj. < as lemmas
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