| 单词 | air circus |
| 释义 | > as lemmasair circus air circus n. [compare circus n. 2d] (a) an aerial display; (b) an air display or pageant; (c) a squadron of aeroplanes. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > action of flying (in) aircraft > aerobatics > [noun] > air display air pageant1785 air circus1907 air show1912 society > travel > air or space travel > people who fly in aircraft or spacecraft > [noun] > person in control of aircraft or spacecraft > person in control of aircraft > group engaged in skilful or spectacular flying air circus1907 circus1917 flying circus- 1907 Billboard 25 Feb. 85/3 Fair secretaries, celebration committees—do you want a real box office attraction? Wilde's Air Circus. 1925 St. Nicholas Nov. 88/1 One day there was a big air circus at Lakehurst. 1932 Flight 24 1227/1 His ‘Air Circus’ carried 250,000 passengers. 1940 D. Wheatley Faked Passports viii. 94 After the Armistice he [sc. Goering] was ordered to surrender the planes of his famous air-circus to the Americans. 1952 Chambers's Jrnl. May 261/2 It is not so very long ago since parachute-jumping was a stunt indulged in by steel-nerved men of boundless courage performing in air circuses. 2007 Kent & Sussex Courier (Nexis) 8 June 32 She showed me a photo of her about to take off in the rear cockpit of one of those string and canvas air circus planes. < as lemmas |
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