| 释义 |
microlight, a. and n.|ˈmaɪkrəʊlaɪt|
[f. micro- + light a.1]
A. adj. Involving, pertaining to, or designating a microlight aircraft.
B. n. = ultralight n.
1981Times 7 Mar. 2/2 Microlight flying will appeal to the Biggles factor in most adults. Ibid. 2/3 The microlight association defines the aircraft as one weighing no more than 150 kilogrammes with a minimum wing area of 10 square metres. 1982Observer 31 Jan. 2/8 The Noise Abatement Society is being deafened by complaints about those daring young men in their new microlight flying machines. Warmer weather will bring out the roof-skimming microlights—60 m.p.h. planes powered by 30 horsepower engines—in their hundreds. 1982Field 25 Dec. 1256/2 The base weight of microlight aircraft is always more than five kilograms. 1983[see ultralight a. and n.]. 1984Daily Tel. 9 Mar. 23/4 (caption) Bob Calvert..yesterday..set a world altitude record in a microlight by soaring 23,500 ft above Blackburn, Lancs. 1984Times 27 Dec. 2/4 She was a passenger on a microlight plane which plunged into the sea. |