(a) an aircraft powered by a rocket engine; (b) an aircraft armed with rockets (rare).
| 单词 | θ207891 | 
| 释义 | society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > 			[noun]		 > with other types of engines (7)		 rocket plane1913 (a) an aircraft powered by a rocket engine; (b) an aircraft armed with rockets (rare). trimotor1923 An aeroplane fitted with three engines. Cf. tri-jet, n. rocket airplane1927 = rocket plane n. (a). rocket aeroplane1930 = rocket plane n. (a). turbojet1945 Used attributively and absol. to designate (an aircraft having) a type of jet engine in which the jet gases also power a turbine-driven compressor… turboprop1945 Used attributively and absol. to designate (an aircraft having) a jet engine in which a turbine is used as in a turbojet and also to drive a… propjet1946 = turboprop, n.  | 
	
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