blimp
pronunciation
UK [blɪmp]
US [blɪmp]
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- n.
- 软式小型飞船,肥胖的人
Word Origin
blimp 软式飞艇
来自空军,原指飞艇设计模式,A-rigid, 硬型A。B-limp, 软型B。
Example
- 1. The metal framework also allowed zeppelins to be built much larger than a gas-filled blimp .
- 金属框架也允许硬式飞艇要比充气软式飞艇建的更大。
- 2. Other companies experimenting with airborne power generation include sky windpower , which is building flying generators , and magenn power , which uses a helium blimp to carry turbines .
- 其他的风力发电公司包括skywindpower采用了飞行发电机组,而magennpower公司则采用飞艇来承载发电机。
- 3. A blimp can be stored in the back of a jeep , driven to a suitable location , launched in a couple of hours and winched down again even faster .
- 一只气球飞艇能收在吉普车的后箱中,等行驶到合适的地点后,安装升空只需几小时,收下来则更快捷。
- 4. Indeed , to war ds the end of 2004 , when a blimp broke its tether north of baghdad and started to drift towards iran , the american air force had trouble shooting it down .
- 事实上,2004年末,巴格达北部一气球飞艇的绳子断了,开始向伊朗飘移,美国空军为把它击落大费周折。
- 5. Moreover , they usually stay aloft even when punctured : the pressure of the helium inside a blimp is about the same as that of the air outside , so the gas does not rush out .
- 此外,它们经常呆在一个很高的刻度点:飞艇中氦气的压力与外界空气压力平衡,因此气体也不会泄漏出来。
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