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单词 hedgehop
释义 hedgehop
\ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ verb
Etymology: back-formation from hedgehopper
intransitive verb
: to fly an airplane at a low altitude; specifically : to fly an airplane close to the ground and rise over obstacles as they appear
 < went hedgehopping across Holland, dodging trees, telegraph poles and houses — Life >
 < hedgehop over 12,000 miles of pipeline — advt >
transitive verb
1.
 a. : to transport by flying at a low altitude
  < hedgehopped his passenger to the other end of the line — Current Biography >
 b. : to fly an airplane close to the ground and rise so as to miss (an obstacle)
  < was accused of hedgehopping three planes and a hanger and buzzing the control tower — Newsweek >
2. : to evade or elude as if by hedgehopping
 < hedgehopped Soviet censors to carry a … message through the Iron Curtain — New York Times >
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