| 释义 |
reˈlighting, vbl. n.
[f. relight v. + -ing1.]
The action of the vb.; spec. in Aeronaut., the re-ignition of a jet engine in flight.
1955Mangham & Peace Jet Engine Man. v. 98 Relighting is more positive at low engine-windmilling speeds and at lower altitudes. 1960H. Zeffer Princ. & Pract. Aircraft Electr. Engin. xvii. 517 A typical situation in which re-lighting would be necessary is one where a jet engine has been stopped by an accretion of ice entering the air intake. 1965Gloss. Mining Terms (B.S.I.) vii. 10 Re-lighting station, a place in a mine at which safety lamps can be relighted under controlled conditions. 1977R.A.F. Yearbk. 34/1 The relighting drills cover three contingencies: the ‘hot’ relight speaks for itself, the unassisted relight involves diving the aircraft to get the engine rpm sufficiently high for a cold relight attempt, and the assisted relight uses the GTS in exactly the same way as starting the engine. |