单词 | holding pattern |
释义 | holding patternSEE SYNONYMS FOR holding pattern ON THESAURUS.COM nouna 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 patternFirst recorded in 1950–55 Words nearby holding patternholding, holding company, holding furnace, holding operation, holding paddock, holding pattern, holding tank, hold it, hold no brief for, hold off, hold on Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for holding patternholding pattern nounthe 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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