| 单词 | to windmill down |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto windmill down c. intransitive. Aeronautics. Of the propeller or rotor of an aircraft: to spin unpowered; to windmill down, to descend with the rotor spinning; also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > parts of aircraft > means of propulsion > [verb (intransitive)] > assume specific state (of propeller) feather1933 windmill1934 the world > animals > birds > flight > [verb (intransitive)] > move downwards to windmill down1976 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > falling > fall [verb (intransitive)] > spinning to windmill down1976 society > travel > air or space travel > specific movements or positions of aircraft > fly [verb (intransitive)] > spin or descend with rotor spinning spin1914 to windmill down1978 1934 Jrnl. Royal Aeronaut. Soc. 38 18 Captain Barnwell said..that it could be assumed that when an engine was fully throttled the airscrew was windmilling freely. 1942 Flight 26 Mar. 296/2 When an airscrew is wind-milling..the effect is exactly opposite to its normal one. 1958 Listener 2 Jan. 10/1 The rotor windmilling freely as on an autogiro. 1963 Sobey & Suggs Control of Aircraft & Missile Powerplants vii. 181 The forward flight of the airframe will cause the engine to windmill and create sufficient airflow through the engine to minimize the probability of a hot start. 1976 Shooting Times & Country Mag. 16 Dec. 29/2 I shot at another goose which peeled off, flew fluttering for a hundred yards, and then windmilled down stone dead. 1978 M. Babson Tightrope for Three xxvi. 152 Autorotation was a standard and perfectly safe manoeuvre, the helicopter windmilling down with the pilot still in complete control. < as lemmas |
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