Definition of hang-glider in English:

hang-glider

nounˈhaŋɡlʌɪdə

1An unpowered flying apparatus for a single person, consisting of a frame with a fabric aerofoil stretched over it. The operator is suspended from a harness below and controls flight by body movement.
Example sentencesExamples
- Imagine a hang-glider suspended over a trike and you're on the right track.
- The man's hang-glider had apparently got out of control.
- They had not intended to fly the two-seater plane, which experts say resembles a heavy-duty hang-glider with an engine.
- Leonardo's inventions - a parachute, hang-glider, tank, underwater diving suit and robot - are built and put to the test for the first time, 500 years after he designed them.
- Tandem hang-gliders soar above schools of dolphin.
- Mark W gets his adrenalin fix by jumping off cliffs with his hang-glider, and then realising it's a heck of a long way down.
- Mostly she asked for ice cream, pulled faces during meetings, or tried to escape using a hang-glider made of post-it notes and paperclips.
- Parked on the other side of the roof was a small hang-glider.
- We followed the directions, and assembled the hang-gliders as best we could.
- Also in '99, there was a plot regarding an explosive-laden hang-glider.
- And there was the ultralight, a flimsy little tricycle fitted with a hang-glider's wings and a motor hooked up with a propeller.
- But even these hang-gliders have to share their airspace.
- ‘It is a bike you wear,’ says Bob Vogel, 40, a paraplegic hang-glider pilot who has owned a One-Off for nearly two years.
- Someone may have pitched a minor league no-hitter, climbed a dangerous rocky peak or rode a hang-glider thousands of feet to a valley far below.
- The pair fell off the edge of the Aiguille du Midi, near Chamonix, Switzerland, as they tried to take off in a double-harnessed parapente, a large parachute like a hang-glider.
- He deftly navigates the world's meanest island in a hang-glider.
- The court was told that McGovern was in the process of dismantling his hang-glider when security staff confronted him.
- After spending countless hours flying hang-gliders, he developed a hunger to create a flying machine that could take off like a plane with wheels or with floats on water in just 25 meters.
- In mere seconds, the cape had turned into a hang-glider.
- One interesting sidelight was the parasailing display; you get airborne on a hang-glider towed by a vehicle.
1. 1.1 A person flying a hang-glider.
  Example sentencesExamples
  Probably this book will begin circulating firstly among hang-gliders only, but should probably expand from there and reach the aviation oriented public as well.
  I am busy now trying to get my Sport Pilot Examiner appointment, which could benefit tug pilots and hang-gliders as well.
  Like a hang-glider I dropped over the edge and down into the blue.
  Outside there's an incestuous D' Ove orgy going on in the D' Ovecote, hot air balloons are sailing by, bees and hang-gliders are buzzing around.
  It was like a hang-glider, carried aloft by currents of warm air, coming to believe it could defy gravity forever.
  Sitting on top of Mam Tor after a dusty, sweaty drive through the dales, watching hang-gliders and paragliders swirl beneath us, feeling fresh wind on the back of our necks
  Because of its many hills and valleys - the same characteristics that attract hawks and hang-gliders to western Pennsylvania - the state is a major producer of wind power.
  A badly injured hang-glider was airlifted to hospital after crashing on the moorland above Whitworth.
  Well look out onto the lakes, see jet-boats whizzing around; look up at the mountains, see parapenters jumping off everywhere, hang-gliders jumping off.
  An accomplished hang-glider, Mallin was once entered into the Guinness Book of Records after flying 132 miles in seven-and-a-half hours.
  With the increased use of the Town Park playing fields and the loss of the Valley Floor west of town for political reasons, the festival no longer had a suitable landing zone for hang-gliders.
  Live from Table Mountain will be travelling the world on air, dropping in at the beach in Sydney, joining the crowds on the Esplanade in Singapore, talking to a hang-glider over Rio, and picking up the gossip in a Nairobi coffee house.
  Don't fear those bumps in the night - they're the sound of Marenghi's spine-tingler soaring, then crashing to earth like a hang-glider that has collided with a crow.

Derivatives

hang-glide

verb

[no object]

Fly using an unpowered flying apparatus consisting of a frame with a fabric aerofoil stretched over it.
she learned to hang-glide
Example sentencesExamples
- mountaineers have hang-glided down from the summit
- She learned to hang-glide, to pole-vault, to jump with ease on skateboard and ski.
- How many children, in how many classrooms, over how many centuries, have hang-glided through the past, transported on the wings of these words?
- A 26-year-old Austrian hang-glided into St. Peter's Square on Friday and tried to put up an anti-war banner before police carried him away, police said.

hang-gliding

noun

It comes as no surprise that during communism, sports like skydiving and hang-gliding were state-sponsored activities and people were actually paid to fly.
Example sentencesExamples
- Getting high-adrenalin kicks in Cumbria could get even tougher if new rules curtailing paragliding and hang-gliding are left on the statute books.
- The microlite flying and power hang-gliding were quite impressive.

单词	hang-glider
释义	Definition of hang-glider in English: hang-glider nounˈhaŋɡlʌɪdə 1An unpowered flying apparatus for a single person, consisting of a frame with a fabric aerofoil stretched over it. The operator is suspended from a harness below and controls flight by body movement. Example sentencesExamples Imagine a hang-glider suspended over a trike and you're on the right track. The man's hang-glider had apparently got out of control. They had not intended to fly the two-seater plane, which experts say resembles a heavy-duty hang-glider with an engine. Leonardo's inventions - a parachute, hang-glider, tank, underwater diving suit and robot - are built and put to the test for the first time, 500 years after he designed them. Tandem hang-gliders soar above schools of dolphin. Mark W gets his adrenalin fix by jumping off cliffs with his hang-glider, and then realising it's a heck of a long way down. Mostly she asked for ice cream, pulled faces during meetings, or tried to escape using a hang-glider made of post-it notes and paperclips. Parked on the other side of the roof was a small hang-glider. We followed the directions, and assembled the hang-gliders as best we could. Also in '99, there was a plot regarding an explosive-laden hang-glider. And there was the ultralight, a flimsy little tricycle fitted with a hang-glider's wings and a motor hooked up with a propeller. But even these hang-gliders have to share their airspace. ‘It is a bike you wear,’ says Bob Vogel, 40, a paraplegic hang-glider pilot who has owned a One-Off for nearly two years. Someone may have pitched a minor league no-hitter, climbed a dangerous rocky peak or rode a hang-glider thousands of feet to a valley far below. The pair fell off the edge of the Aiguille du Midi, near Chamonix, Switzerland, as they tried to take off in a double-harnessed parapente, a large parachute like a hang-glider. He deftly navigates the world's meanest island in a hang-glider. The court was told that McGovern was in the process of dismantling his hang-glider when security staff confronted him. After spending countless hours flying hang-gliders, he developed a hunger to create a flying machine that could take off like a plane with wheels or with floats on water in just 25 meters. In mere seconds, the cape had turned into a hang-glider. One interesting sidelight was the parasailing display; you get airborne on a hang-glider towed by a vehicle. 1.1 A person flying a hang-glider. Example sentencesExamples Probably this book will begin circulating firstly among hang-gliders only, but should probably expand from there and reach the aviation oriented public as well. I am busy now trying to get my Sport Pilot Examiner appointment, which could benefit tug pilots and hang-gliders as well. Like a hang-glider I dropped over the edge and down into the blue. Outside there's an incestuous D' Ove orgy going on in the D' Ovecote, hot air balloons are sailing by, bees and hang-gliders are buzzing around. It was like a hang-glider, carried aloft by currents of warm air, coming to believe it could defy gravity forever. Sitting on top of Mam Tor after a dusty, sweaty drive through the dales, watching hang-gliders and paragliders swirl beneath us, feeling fresh wind on the back of our necks Because of its many hills and valleys - the same characteristics that attract hawks and hang-gliders to western Pennsylvania - the state is a major producer of wind power. A badly injured hang-glider was airlifted to hospital after crashing on the moorland above Whitworth. Well look out onto the lakes, see jet-boats whizzing around; look up at the mountains, see parapenters jumping off everywhere, hang-gliders jumping off. An accomplished hang-glider, Mallin was once entered into the Guinness Book of Records after flying 132 miles in seven-and-a-half hours. With the increased use of the Town Park playing fields and the loss of the Valley Floor west of town for political reasons, the festival no longer had a suitable landing zone for hang-gliders. Live from Table Mountain will be travelling the world on air, dropping in at the beach in Sydney, joining the crowds on the Esplanade in Singapore, talking to a hang-glider over Rio, and picking up the gossip in a Nairobi coffee house. Don't fear those bumps in the night - they're the sound of Marenghi's spine-tingler soaring, then crashing to earth like a hang-glider that has collided with a crow. Derivatives hang-glide verb [no object] Fly using an unpowered flying apparatus consisting of a frame with a fabric aerofoil stretched over it. she learned to hang-glide Example sentencesExamples mountaineers have hang-glided down from the summit She learned to hang-glide, to pole-vault, to jump with ease on skateboard and ski. How many children, in how many classrooms, over how many centuries, have hang-glided through the past, transported on the wings of these words? A 26-year-old Austrian hang-glided into St. Peter's Square on Friday and tried to put up an anti-war banner before police carried him away, police said. hang-gliding noun It comes as no surprise that during communism, sports like skydiving and hang-gliding were state-sponsored activities and people were actually paid to fly. Example sentencesExamples Getting high-adrenalin kicks in Cumbria could get even tougher if new rules curtailing paragliding and hang-gliding are left on the statute books. The microlite flying and power hang-gliding were quite impressive.
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