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单词 holding pattern
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holding pattern

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noun

a traffic pattern for aircraft at a specified location (holding point ) where they are ordered to remain until permitted to land or proceed.
a state or period in which no progress or change is made or planned.

Origin of holding pattern

First recorded in 1950–55

Words nearby holding pattern

holding, holding company, holding furnace, holding operation, holding paddock, holding pattern, holding tank, hold it, hold no brief for, hold off, hold on
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British Dictionary definitions for holding pattern

holding pattern

noun

the oval or circular path of an aircraft flying around an airport awaiting permission to land
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
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