| 单词 | air-sea rescue |
| 释义 | > as lemmasair-sea rescue air-sea rescue n. the rescue of a person from the sea using aircraft (originally and chiefly attributive); also a unit or branch of an air force which carries out such rescues. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > rescue or deliverance > [adjective] > that rescues or delivers > from drowning > specific air-sea rescue1941 1941 Flight 39 361/1 The various rescue services..have been co-ordinated under one central control known as the Directorate of Air/Sea Rescue Services. 1942 Aeroplane 13 Nov. 562/3 A Supermarine Walrus of the Air-Sea Rescue Service alighted on the sea in the middle of a German minefield. 1958 Times 10 July 15/2 The manufacture..of..inflatable liferafts and other air-sea rescue aids. 1991 D. Purcell Place of Stones (1992) i. 44 The co-pilot was still calling on the radio, moving his frequencies. Miraculously there was an answer at last from Shannon air-sea rescue. 2000 TVQuick 13 May 24/1 The empty plots..were interrupted only by some overly dramatic air-sea rescue. < as lemmas |
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