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单词 flat spin
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Definition of flat spin in English:

flat spin

noun
Aeronautics
  • 1A spin in which an aircraft descends in tight circles while remaining almost horizontal.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • His port wing clipped the canyon wall and sent him into a violent flat spin in excess of Mach Seven.
    • The glider then began a flat spin from about 300 feet.
    • The human tolerance to a flat spin is about 140 RPM, and uncontrolled spin rates of up to about 200 RPM can occur.
    • Along with the severe down air, my glider, a Sensor 510C, was forced into a 180 degree flat spin twice.
    • Without thrust, we'll go into a flat spin, out of control.
    • They were headed for a flat spin, and as he had said, it would only take a minute before they hit the ground.
    1. 1.1British informal in singular A state of agitation or panic.
      a scandal has put the university into a flat spin
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The thought that he is not the centre of attention has always sent him into a flat spin.
      • If you go with a very fixed idea, ticking off your shopping list as you go, you'll probably go into flat spin when you can't find a certain ingredient.
      • Why go into a flat spin if you or your cats get fleas, ringworm, mange, ear mites, or cat flu for instance?
      • Spend it having fun, not in a flat spin, panic, or feral mess.
      • A seaplane put locals in a flat spin as it exploded a myth that there were by-laws preventing aircraft touching down on Windermere.
      • Conversations like that always throw me into a bit of a flat spin, because I had the opportunity to secure romantic bliss, and I cocked it.
      • Mark Boucher might be the national cricket team's wicketkeeper but, baldly speaking, he had the staff at a Vincent hairdressing salon, Sculptures, in a flat spin yesterday.
      • Not only is this album rich in highly slanderous spurts, there is also enough copyright violation here to send any record company lawyer in to a flat spin.
 
 

Definition of flat spin in US English:

flat spin

nounˈflæt ˈˌspɪnˈflat ˈˌspin
Aeronautics
  • A spin in which an aircraft descends in tight circles while remaining almost horizontal.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • They were headed for a flat spin, and as he had said, it would only take a minute before they hit the ground.
    • Without thrust, we'll go into a flat spin, out of control.
    • His port wing clipped the canyon wall and sent him into a violent flat spin in excess of Mach Seven.
    • The glider then began a flat spin from about 300 feet.
    • The human tolerance to a flat spin is about 140 RPM, and uncontrolled spin rates of up to about 200 RPM can occur.
    • Along with the severe down air, my glider, a Sensor 510C, was forced into a 180 degree flat spin twice.
 
 
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