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单词 wide-body
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wide-bodyadj.n.

Brit. /wʌɪdˈbɒdi/, /ˈwʌɪdbɒdi/, U.S. /ˌwaɪdˈbɑdi/, /ˈwaɪdˌbɑdi/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: wide adj., body n.
Etymology: < wide adj. + body n. Compare earlier wide-bodied adj.
A. adj.
1. Of an airliner: having a wide fuselage large enough to accommodate two passenger aisles.
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society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > [adjective] > type of jet aircraft
jet ski1948
wide-body1967
wide-bodied1970
1967 Jrnl. Aircraft 4 46/1 We are coordinating with airlines and with technical committees toward interchangeable containerization for wide-body jets throughout the industry.
1983 Listener 9 June 6/2 Only two companies are now producing wide-body airliners.
2010 N.Y. Times Mag. 10 Oct. 9 (advt.) We've committed to putting flat bed seats in all..cabins across our wide-body fleet.
2. North American. Sport. Of a player: having a wide, large, or heavily built body.
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society > leisure > sport > player or sportsperson > [adjective] > other attributes
scienced1818
starting1855
international1866
all-American1887
unmarked1890
fouled1898
muckerish1900
power1932
playmaking1933
open1937
wild card1940
wide-body1986
1986 Wisconsin State Jrnl. 11 Nov. (Sports section) 1/3 The new wide-body version of J. J. Weber will be one of the Big Ten Conference's most impressive physical specimens this basketball season.
1998 Philadelphia Inquirer (Nexis) 20 Nov. d4 While his wide-body brother..was a power player, Dakaree Rose is slim in build and appears to be more athletic.
2006 Afro-American (Baltimore) 11 Feb. b8 When ‘The Fridge’ reached top speed he was as hard to stop as a runaway locomotive. Thus began the trend for ‘wide body’ linemen.
3. In tennis and other racket sports: (of a racket) having a thick frame.
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1988 Daily Herald (Chicago) 31 Aug. (Business section) 7/1 (caption) New Profile tennis racket... Wilson is the first to introduce the new wide body frames.
1990 Tennis July 59/1 No one had ever won a major tournament with a widebody racquet.
2008 D. Knudson in Y. Hong & R. Bartlett Handbk. Biomechanics & Human Movement Sci. xvii. 245 In the late 1980s wide-body rackets greatly increased frame stiffness and ball rebound speeds.
B. n.
1. An aircraft having a wide fuselage large enough to accommodate two passenger aisles.
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society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > [noun] > with jet engine(s) > types of
superjet1945
twin-jet1946
fan-jet1963
jumbo jet1964
jump jet1964
jumbo1966
super-jumbo1968
tri-jet1968
stretch plane1971
stretch1973
wide-body1979
1979 T. Gifford Hollywood Gothic xxx. 308 The wide-bodies slid down out of the eastern sky..into the bustle of Los Angeles International Airport.
1991 World Press Rev. Aug. 45/2 Europe's Airbus Industrie consortium hopes to displace the Boeing wide-body.
2010 J. Bowen Econ. Geogr. Air Transportation 55 Even as the wide-bodies permitted more ordinary people to take wing, the airline industry's ‘caste system’ deepened.
2. North American. Sport. A player having a wide, large, or heavily built body.
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society > leisure > sport > player or sportsperson > [noun] > other players
server1585
free agent1649
benchwarmer1662
puncher1681
sticker1779
hard hitter1790
hitter1813
go-devil1835
beneficiaire1841
colt1846
heavyweight1857
stayer1862
left-hander1864
attack1869
cap1879
international1882
roadman1886
big leaguer1887
homester1887
sand lotter1887
badger1890
internationalist1892
repeater1893
anchorman1895
grandstander1896
stylist1897
homebrew1903
letterman1905
toss-loser1906
fouler1908
rookie1908
mudder1912
sharpshooter1912
pro-amateur1919
receiver1919
southpaw1925
freestyler1927
hotshot1927
active1931
all-timer1936
iceman1936
wild card1940
scrambler1954
rounder1955
franchise1957
call-up1960
trialist1960
non-import1964
sandbagger1965
rebel1982
wide-body1986
1986 Washington Post 8 Mar. g5/2 If Georgetown went to a zone, Highsmith or Edwards—one of the wide bodies—flashed out to the point to harass Pearl.
1997 Chicago Tribune 22 Nov. iv. 7/1 Wright, a 225-pound wide body and dominant rebounder, averaged 25 points and 17 rebounds for the Admirals last year.
2003 Black Men Oct. 20 A stout widebody who all the scouts had rated over Jimmy Kennedy.
3. In tennis and other racket sports: a racket having a thick frame.
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1988 Sydney Morning Herald 11 Nov. 54/8 ‘Delta Court’..has a slightly larger hitting area..and is termed a ‘wide-body’, which means the frame is thicker than a conventional racquet.
1993 Pop. Mech. Sept. 120/3 The current widebodies have come down in size to 25 to 29mm.
2002 P. Fein Tennis Confidential xxxix. 261 The extremely stiff wide-body helped amateur players..generate the power they needed.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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