单词 | air-dropped |
释义 | > as lemmasair-dropped air-dropped adj. (of troops, supplies, equipment, etc.) dropped from an aircraft in flight, esp. by parachute. ΚΠ 1921 Times 31 Oct. 6/2 We were told a year or more ago that the submarine has killed the battleship; within the last few days we have been told..that the air-dropped bomb has effected the same thing.] 1944 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 27 Jan. d3/3 American airplanes flew low overhead and began to drop supplies. Without these air-dropped supplies the whole operation would have been impossible. 2001 Big Issue 5 Mar. 7/1 Weapons in the form of rifles, helicopter-mounted long range guns and air-dropped acoustic mines. < as lemmas |
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