单词 | wide-body |
释义 | wide-bodyadj.n. A. adj. 1. Of an airliner: having a wide fuselage large enough to accommodate two passenger aisles. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΚΠ 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). < adj.n.1967 |
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