单词 | volplane |
释义 | volplane/ˈvɒlpleɪn /Aeronautics noun A controlled dive or downward flight at a steep angle, especially by an aeroplane with the engine shut off.In 1891 the engineer Otto Lilienthal executed the first safe and repeatable volplanes in history. verb [no object, with adverbial of direction] (Of an aeroplane) make a steep controlled dive or downward flight: we watched the huge birds volplaning in...
OriginEarly 20th century: from French vol plané, literally 'glided flight'. |
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