请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 air pocket
释义

air pocket


noun

(not in technical use) a nearly vertical air current that can cause an aircraft to experience a sudden change in altitude, usually a decrease.
Also called air hole.

Origin of air pocket

First recorded in 1910–15

Words nearby air pocket

airplane turn, air plant, airplay, air plot, air plug, air pocket, Air Police, air pollution, airport, airport code, air potato
Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020

Example sentences from the Web for air pocket

  • But of course I couldn't tell in the dark; and just afterwards I struck an air-pocket, and had a bit of trouble with the bus.

    Men, Women and Guns|H. C. (Herman Cyril) McNeile
  • For perhaps ten seconds he hung thus, till the monoplane, rocking through an air-pocket, tilted violently.

    Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S.|Percy F. Westerman

British Dictionary definitions for air pocket

air pocket

noun

a localized region of low air density or a descending air current, causing an aircraft to suffer an abrupt decrease in height
any pocket of air that prevents the flow of a liquid or gas, as in a pipe
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
随便看

 

英语词典包含192737条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2025/2/3 4:40:41