单词 | slipstream |
释义 | slipstream /slip"streem'/, n. Also, slip stream. 1. Aeron. the airstream pushed back by a revolving aircraft propeller. Cf. backwash (def. 2), wash (def. 35). 2. the airstream generating reduced air pressure and forward suction directly behind a rapidly moving vehicle. v.i. 3. to ride in the slipstream of a fast-moving vehicle. [1910-15; SLIP1 + STREAM] |
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