Originally U.S. Navy. A remotely piloted or autonomous unmanned aircraft, typically used for military reconnaissance or air strikes.
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释义 | society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > [noun] > pilotless or remotely controlled (5) drone1936 Originally U.S. Navy. A remotely piloted or autonomous unmanned aircraft, typically used for military reconnaissance or air strikes. doodlebug1944 A nickname applied to the German pilotless plane or flying bomb of the war of 1939–45. flying bomb1944 a pilotless jet-propelled aeroplane with an explosive warhead, first used by the Germans against England in June 1944. V-11944 Vergeltungswaffe, ‘reprisal weapon’; used to denote German missiles of the war of 1939–45, as V-1 = flying bomb n. at flying, n. compounds 2; hence V… beeper1946 A device that emits beeps (see also quot. 1946); also attributive. |
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