Definition of helicopter in English:
helicopter
noun ˈhɛlɪkɒptəˈhɛləˌkɑptər
A type of aircraft which derives both lift and propulsion from one or more sets of horizontally revolving overhead rotors. It is capable of moving vertically and horizontally, the direction of motion being controlled by the pitch of the rotor blades.
- The couple led police to the graves last week, directing operations as a helicopter flew overhead.
- The little venue is so close to the Queenstown airport that we see aircraft and helicopters landing and taking off at regular intervals.
- These motoring paparazzi have been known to use helicopters and light aircraft in pursuit of their prey.
- One by one, the insects march up blades of grass, waiting until dusk to lift off like miniature helicopters into the night.
- By the end of the decade, some helicopters will even be capable of flying more like fixed-wing aircraft
- For five days, helicopters are flying overhead, but none of them are dropping water or food down for anyone.
- Stuart was said to be on the flight deck when he was hit by debris from the rotor blades of the helicopter.
- We have about 121 aircraft and helicopters currently at our disposal to fight these fires.
- There were several helicopters flying overhead, so I know that it was being filmed, but there have only been blips in the local media.
- The helicopter lifted off the ground, gained the proper height, and moved out towards Pakistan.
- How big a deal are these sandstorms, which could affect helicopters and other aircraft and tanks?
- Light aircraft, 60 helicopters, river boats, and hovercraft provided his mobility.
- One of the helicopter's rotor blades had smashed into the crag, showering the rescuers with fragments of rock.
- Receivers in aircraft or helicopters will typically be able to receive the signals at distances up to about five miles.
- At least 14 helicopters were seen flying overhead in the early morning when the operation was launched.
- Such a trip might be in a traditional road ambulance, or it might call for a helicopter or fixed wing aircraft.
- Fixed-wing commission aircraft and spotter helicopters will assist if farmers become overwhelmed.
- Eventually the crew of the rescue helicopter saw her and lifted her into the helicopter.
- It was then decided to step up the hunt and deploy the helicopter and aircraft.
- Ground-attack aircraft and helicopters had become easier to direct than artillery.
verbˈhɛlɪkɒptəˈhɛləˌkɑptər
1with object and adverbial of direction Transport by helicopter.
he was helicoptered out with a bleeding ulcer- A former first Lady Nancy Reagan was helicoptered to the ship just before it arrived.
- Nor, it seems, were the judges convinced, despite being helicoptered round the isles and shown a collection of stuffed Highland animals.
- So we slept in wet clothes, and before long one of the historians had to be helicoptered off the ship with severe pneumonia.
- So I turned up, got issued a flak jacket and helmet, and they helicoptered me in at dawn.
- Presumably, they would also prohibit helicoptering participants and visitors into racing venues and other sporting events.
- There had been a rockslide and we had to be helicoptered off.
- In Greenland, I was helicoptered up to the top of a mountain, from where you can look down on these amazing blue structures.
- The pilot was helicoptered out to the hospital.
- Refusing to appear in public, being helicoptered into the Palace rather than risk the streets of London - anybody would think that the leader of the free world was frightened of his own shadow.
- The couple's lawyer said credit card transactions and telephone records would show they could not have been in Ilford, Essex, on May 5 ‘unless they were helicoptered out’.
- I am helicoptered to Fairfax Hospital, when the brain guys there determine that the aneurysm looks too complex for their capabilities.
- Food, shelter, care, medicine, prayer, infrastructure-building, and hope are all being helicoptered into Asia and Africa.
- Perhaps that explained the sense of pride and accomplishment at Friday's opening ceremony, when the Princess Royal was helicoptered into town and met by local dignitaries and fund-raisers.
- Also, the large blocks of limestone that held the fossil - some of them weighing 4,000 kg - had to be helicoptered out of the remote location.
- He was just helicoptered across London to the south bank of the Thames.
- After being helicoptered to hospital in Barcelona he was later flown back to the UK by air ambulance.
- Poaching is a huge problem - illegal salmon caviar, for example, is helicoptered out by the ton.
- They were all helicoptered out and spent their last few days near the finish line, cheering on the teams who made it to the end.
- We understand that the president, running just about on schedule, will be giving brief remarks and speaking with reporters when he is helicoptered to the White House.
- He was helicoptered to a hospital but did not make it.
- 1.1no object, with adverbial of direction Fly somewhere in a helicopter.they were helicoptering daily between Bath and London
- Of course, what happened was that he helicoptered to that Federated Farmers meeting, did not have time to shake hands with anybody, read his speech, hopped in the helicopter, and went again.
- American commandos helicoptered to remote locations to dig up and sever telecommunications cables.
- After he was done not wasting taxpayer money, the President helicoptered to France where he participated in commemoration activities.
- Peterson describes how he and a small group of colleagues helicoptered in to rescue four newborn babies from a hospital there.
- You've even helicoptered over the crater.
- And in just a short while, the president will be helicoptering to that carrier.
- David helicoptered back to London, while the rest of the team headed off for a barbecue, organised by Christian Horner.
- As the series of leaked memos shows, by the time Blair helicoptered into Bush's ranch on April 5, he had been left in little doubt as to the concerns of his backbench MPs, cabinet colleagues and expert advisers.
- We finally put him down when the doctors helicoptered in to help.
- Beatrix herself helicoptered in during construction several years ago, and there are long waiting lists to buy property there.
- So it was with little hope that the searchers helicoptered to the west face.
- It was much different to when I did Alive, where we had to helicopter in every day with the crew and equipment.
- Another group helicoptered to a boggy lakebed near the range's high point.
- There was no such frippery for Michael, who helicoptered back to Italy.
- The day began with a committee lunch at the Woodlands Hotel, to which the two stars, along with their management team, helicoptered in.
Origin
Late 19th century: from French hélicoptère, from Greek helix 'spiral' + pteron 'wing'.
The first helicopter did not appear until the 1920s, but the word had already been invented by then, first of all in French—the science fiction writer Jules Verne wrote of a helicopter in The Clipper of the Clouds (1886). The French word was based on Greek helix ‘spiral’ and pteron ‘wing’, which gave us the name of the flying reptile the pterodactyl (early 19th century).
Definition of helicopter in US English:
helicopter
nounˈheləˌkäptərˈhɛləˌkɑptər
A type of aircraft which derives both lift and propulsion from one or more sets of horizontally revolving overhead rotors. It is capable of moving vertically and horizontally, the direction of motion being controlled by the pitch of the rotor blades.
Compare with autogiro- Receivers in aircraft or helicopters will typically be able to receive the signals at distances up to about five miles.
- One of the helicopter's rotor blades had smashed into the crag, showering the rescuers with fragments of rock.
- Such a trip might be in a traditional road ambulance, or it might call for a helicopter or fixed wing aircraft.
- For five days, helicopters are flying overhead, but none of them are dropping water or food down for anyone.
- Stuart was said to be on the flight deck when he was hit by debris from the rotor blades of the helicopter.
- It was then decided to step up the hunt and deploy the helicopter and aircraft.
- The couple led police to the graves last week, directing operations as a helicopter flew overhead.
- Fixed-wing commission aircraft and spotter helicopters will assist if farmers become overwhelmed.
- How big a deal are these sandstorms, which could affect helicopters and other aircraft and tanks?
- One by one, the insects march up blades of grass, waiting until dusk to lift off like miniature helicopters into the night.
- The helicopter lifted off the ground, gained the proper height, and moved out towards Pakistan.
- The little venue is so close to the Queenstown airport that we see aircraft and helicopters landing and taking off at regular intervals.
- These motoring paparazzi have been known to use helicopters and light aircraft in pursuit of their prey.
- At least 14 helicopters were seen flying overhead in the early morning when the operation was launched.
- Light aircraft, 60 helicopters, river boats, and hovercraft provided his mobility.
- By the end of the decade, some helicopters will even be capable of flying more like fixed-wing aircraft
- We have about 121 aircraft and helicopters currently at our disposal to fight these fires.
- There were several helicopters flying overhead, so I know that it was being filmed, but there have only been blips in the local media.
- Eventually the crew of the rescue helicopter saw her and lifted her into the helicopter.
- Ground-attack aircraft and helicopters had become easier to direct than artillery.
verbˈheləˌkäptərˈhɛləˌkɑptər
1with object and adverbial of direction Transport by helicopter.
the Coast Guard helicoptered a compressor to one ship- Perhaps that explained the sense of pride and accomplishment at Friday's opening ceremony, when the Princess Royal was helicoptered into town and met by local dignitaries and fund-raisers.
- So I turned up, got issued a flak jacket and helmet, and they helicoptered me in at dawn.
- The couple's lawyer said credit card transactions and telephone records would show they could not have been in Ilford, Essex, on May 5 ‘unless they were helicoptered out’.
- In Greenland, I was helicoptered up to the top of a mountain, from where you can look down on these amazing blue structures.
- A former first Lady Nancy Reagan was helicoptered to the ship just before it arrived.
- Food, shelter, care, medicine, prayer, infrastructure-building, and hope are all being helicoptered into Asia and Africa.
- He was helicoptered to a hospital but did not make it.
- I am helicoptered to Fairfax Hospital, when the brain guys there determine that the aneurysm looks too complex for their capabilities.
- Nor, it seems, were the judges convinced, despite being helicoptered round the isles and shown a collection of stuffed Highland animals.
- There had been a rockslide and we had to be helicoptered off.
- We understand that the president, running just about on schedule, will be giving brief remarks and speaking with reporters when he is helicoptered to the White House.
- So we slept in wet clothes, and before long one of the historians had to be helicoptered off the ship with severe pneumonia.
- Presumably, they would also prohibit helicoptering participants and visitors into racing venues and other sporting events.
- Refusing to appear in public, being helicoptered into the Palace rather than risk the streets of London - anybody would think that the leader of the free world was frightened of his own shadow.
- Also, the large blocks of limestone that held the fossil - some of them weighing 4,000 kg - had to be helicoptered out of the remote location.
- Poaching is a huge problem - illegal salmon caviar, for example, is helicoptered out by the ton.
- The pilot was helicoptered out to the hospital.
- He was just helicoptered across London to the south bank of the Thames.
- After being helicoptered to hospital in Barcelona he was later flown back to the UK by air ambulance.
- They were all helicoptered out and spent their last few days near the finish line, cheering on the teams who made it to the end.
- 1.1no object, with adverbial of direction Fly somewhere in a helicopter.the inspection team helicoptered ashore
- The day began with a committee lunch at the Woodlands Hotel, to which the two stars, along with their management team, helicoptered in.
- David helicoptered back to London, while the rest of the team headed off for a barbecue, organised by Christian Horner.
- Beatrix herself helicoptered in during construction several years ago, and there are long waiting lists to buy property there.
- And in just a short while, the president will be helicoptering to that carrier.
- Another group helicoptered to a boggy lakebed near the range's high point.
- You've even helicoptered over the crater.
- Peterson describes how he and a small group of colleagues helicoptered in to rescue four newborn babies from a hospital there.
- It was much different to when I did Alive, where we had to helicopter in every day with the crew and equipment.
- As the series of leaked memos shows, by the time Blair helicoptered into Bush's ranch on April 5, he had been left in little doubt as to the concerns of his backbench MPs, cabinet colleagues and expert advisers.
- Of course, what happened was that he helicoptered to that Federated Farmers meeting, did not have time to shake hands with anybody, read his speech, hopped in the helicopter, and went again.
- So it was with little hope that the searchers helicoptered to the west face.
- American commandos helicoptered to remote locations to dig up and sever telecommunications cables.
- There was no such frippery for Michael, who helicoptered back to Italy.
- After he was done not wasting taxpayer money, the President helicoptered to France where he participated in commemoration activities.
- We finally put him down when the doctors helicoptered in to help.
Origin
Late 19th century: from French hélicoptère, from Greek helix ‘spiral’ + pteron ‘wing’.