英语词汇“by the seat of one's pants”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

P3. the seat of one's pants: a person's (originally a pilot's) sensitivity to the movement or vibration of an aeroplane, motor vehicle, etc., used as a guide in controlling it. Hence, more generally, in by the seat of one's pants: by instinct and experience rather than logic, expert knowledge, or technical aid. Also in extended uses.

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1938 New Yorker 30 July 7/1 For sometime before Douglas Corrigan flew to Dublin ‘by the seat of his pants’, we had been noticing that something was the matter with almost everybody we met.

1942 Harper's Mag. May 626/2 When you check your instruments you find it is doing a correct job of flying and that the seat of your pants and your eyes would have tricked you had you been allowed to do the ‘co-ordinating’.

1958 Listener 20 Nov. 835/3 That's no help to the man who's driving by the seat of his pants, as we used to say in the R.A.F. police.

1972 Times 18 Sept. 20/4 There was a feeling among the workforce that the firm was being run ‘by the seat of the pants’.

1978 R. Jansson News Caper viii. 85 Thackray was not looking at the instruments... Perhaps that was what they meant by flying by the seat of the pants.

1987 P. McCabe Bad News at Black Rock v. 80 Katz's solution was not to systematize at all, but to fly by the seat of his pants.

1993 Sports Illustr. 24 May 42/3 If you drive by the seat of your pants, you've got to be able to feel the car.

单词	by the seat of one's pants
释义	> as lemmas by the seat of one's pants P3. the seat of one's pants: a person's (originally a pilot's) sensitivity to the movement or vibration of an aeroplane, motor vehicle, etc., used as a guide in controlling it. Hence, more generally, in by the seat of one's pants: by instinct and experience rather than logic, expert knowledge, or technical aid. Also in extended uses. ΚΠ 1938 New Yorker 30 July 7/1 For sometime before Douglas Corrigan flew to Dublin ‘by the seat of his pants’, we had been noticing that something was the matter with almost everybody we met. 1942 Harper's Mag. May 626/2 When you check your instruments you find it is doing a correct job of flying and that the seat of your pants and your eyes would have tricked you had you been allowed to do the ‘co-ordinating’. 1958 Listener 20 Nov. 835/3 That's no help to the man who's driving by the seat of his pants, as we used to say in the R.A.F. police. 1972 Times 18 Sept. 20/4 There was a feeling among the workforce that the firm was being run ‘by the seat of the pants’. 1978 R. Jansson News Caper viii. 85 Thackray was not looking at the instruments... Perhaps that was what they meant by flying by the seat of the pants. 1987 P. McCabe Bad News at Black Rock v. 80 Katz's solution was not to systematize at all, but to fly by the seat of his pants. 1993 Sports Illustr. 24 May 42/3 If you drive by the seat of your pants, you've got to be able to feel the car. extracted from pantsn. < as lemmas
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