airshipn.

Brit.

/ˈɛːʃɪp/, U.S.

/ˈɛrˌʃɪp/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a German lexical item. Etymons: air n.¹, ship n.¹

Etymology: < air n.¹ + ship n.¹, especially in later use (with reference to a dirigible, e.g. in quots. 1900, 1910, 1937 at sense 1a) after German Luftschiff (1735 denoting a fictional machine for flying, 1783 denoting Montgolfier's balloon, 1900 or earlier denoting a dirigible (which is the only current sense)). Compare French navire aérien (1784; now rare), aéronef (1844), Italian aeronave (1838).

a. Originally: any of various aircraft or machines for flying (now rare). Now usually: spec. a dirigible, esp. one having a rigid elongated structure containing gas-filled bags with a compartment for passengers below, which is propeller-driven and steered by means of rudders.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > balloons and airships > [noun] > airship

ship1679

airship1817

air sailor1834

navigable1882

dirigible1885

Zeppelin1896

aeronat1903

steerable1908

Zepp1914

vessel1915

1817 Times 11 Oct. 2/4 A country clergyman in Lower Saxony has been so happy as to succeed in accomplishing the invention of an air-ship.

1838 M. Mason Aeronautica 327 Count Lennox's air-ship [sc. a balloon].

1861 All Year Round 30 Mar. 133/2 The air-ship..slowly widens and dilates—now it shakes forth its loose reefs, and globes out.

1891 O. Chanute Aerial Navigation 7 It was not until 1852 that Henri Giffard..laid down the foundation for eventual success by ascending with a spindle-shaped air ship driven by a steam-engine.

1900 Whitaker's Almanack 665/2 The Zeppelin Air-ship, now [sc. in 1899] in construction on an island of the Boden See, is a cylindrical frame of aluminium in partitions, each holding a gas-bag.

1910 C. C. Turner in Jrnl. Royal Soc. Arts 58 156/1 The common word airship can be applied to all vessels that travel in the air, but it is gradually becoming restricted to the dirigible balloon.

1927 C. C. Turner Old Flying Days xxv. 344 To this day the Americans call aeroplanes ‘airships’.

1937 Times 7 May 16/1 The German airship Hindenburg was destroyed by fire at 7.20 this evening with, it is feared, heavy loss of life.

1983 Airships Sept. 3/2 Here she was put in the Westinghouse/Tecom airship hangar.

2001 Pop. Sci. Dec. 49/1 (caption) The Zeppelin NT is the first modern airship approved for commercial operation. In August, the 75-meter-long craft began offering sightseeing trips in Germany.

b. figurative.

ΚΠ

1829 T. Carlyle in Foreign Rev. 3 449 Over all which Chamouni-needles and Staubbach-Falls, the great Persifleur skims along in this his little poetical air-ship.

1840 N. Hawthorne Moral Tales 148 What clouds are gathering in the golden west, with direful intent against the brightness!.. They are ponderous airships, black as death.

1912 Amer. Jrnl. Psychol. 23 374 No airship of speculation can ever really make that trip.

1939 I. M. Tarbell All in Day's Work xx. 402 Again and again in these generations have we seen the great airship of democracy lift from the ground, stagger, gather itself together, soar, sail.

1963 A. Mims tr. N. Kazantzakis Spain i. 77 The Spanish woman..is the precious ballast in the storm-tossed airship of the family and the nation.

2005 Mail on Sunday (Nexis) 27 Mar. 40 I spotted..a 'mother of pearl' cloud. This airship of metallic colours, a petrol puddle gliding in the sky, is apparently a good portent for seeing the [Northern] Lights.

†2. Perhaps: a ship borne by the wind, a sailing ship. Obsolete. rare. O.E.D. Suppl. (1972) gives ‘air-ship, one propelled by an air-engine’.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > mechanically propelled vessels > [noun] > motor vessel > propelled by air-engine

airship1855

1855 W. Boyd New York Pred. It ploughed gently the sea..the air-ship of Eric.

Derivatives

ˈairshipman n.

ΘΚΠ

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 > pilot of airship

airshipman1904

Zeppelinist1927

1904 Pall Mall Mag. Jan. 12/1 We air-shipmen are steamboat captains and not sailing yachtsmen.

1962 J. Toland Akron & Three who came Back in D. Congdon Thirties: A Time to Remember 85 [Norman Walker] the veteran airshipman, the only American to live through the ZR-2 (R-38) crash.

2003 New Yorker 9 June 72/3 Aware of the rigors of an airshipman's life, Maloney, Sr., proceeded to block every application that his son made to fly for Goodyear.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	airship
释义	airshipn. Brit. /ˈɛːʃɪp/, U.S. /ˈɛrˌʃɪp/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a German lexical item. Etymons: air n.¹, ship n.¹ Etymology: < air n.¹ + ship n.¹, especially in later use (with reference to a dirigible, e.g. in quots. 1900, 1910, 1937 at sense 1a) after German Luftschiff (1735 denoting a fictional machine for flying, 1783 denoting Montgolfier's balloon, 1900 or earlier denoting a dirigible (which is the only current sense)). Compare French navire aérien (1784; now rare), aéronef (1844), Italian aeronave (1838). 1. a. Originally: any of various aircraft or machines for flying (now rare). Now usually: spec. a dirigible, esp. one having a rigid elongated structure containing gas-filled bags with a compartment for passengers below, which is propeller-driven and steered by means of rudders. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > balloons and airships > [noun] > airship ship1679 airship1817 air sailor1834 navigable1882 dirigible1885 Zeppelin1896 aeronat1903 steerable1908 Zepp1914 vessel1915 1817 Times 11 Oct. 2/4 A country clergyman in Lower Saxony has been so happy as to succeed in accomplishing the invention of an air-ship. 1838 M. Mason Aeronautica 327 Count Lennox's air-ship [sc. a balloon]. 1861 All Year Round 30 Mar. 133/2 The air-ship..slowly widens and dilates—now it shakes forth its loose reefs, and globes out. 1891 O. Chanute Aerial Navigation 7 It was not until 1852 that Henri Giffard..laid down the foundation for eventual success by ascending with a spindle-shaped air ship driven by a steam-engine. 1900 Whitaker's Almanack 665/2 The Zeppelin Air-ship, now [sc. in 1899] in construction on an island of the Boden See, is a cylindrical frame of aluminium in partitions, each holding a gas-bag. 1910 C. C. Turner in Jrnl. Royal Soc. Arts 58 156/1 The common word airship can be applied to all vessels that travel in the air, but it is gradually becoming restricted to the dirigible balloon. 1927 C. C. Turner Old Flying Days xxv. 344 To this day the Americans call aeroplanes ‘airships’. 1937 Times 7 May 16/1 The German airship Hindenburg was destroyed by fire at 7.20 this evening with, it is feared, heavy loss of life. 1983 Airships Sept. 3/2 Here she was put in the Westinghouse/Tecom airship hangar. 2001 Pop. Sci. Dec. 49/1 (caption) The Zeppelin NT is the first modern airship approved for commercial operation. In August, the 75-meter-long craft began offering sightseeing trips in Germany. b. figurative. ΚΠ 1829 T. Carlyle in Foreign Rev. 3 449 Over all which Chamouni-needles and Staubbach-Falls, the great Persifleur skims along in this his little poetical air-ship. 1840 N. Hawthorne Moral Tales 148 What clouds are gathering in the golden west, with direful intent against the brightness!.. They are ponderous airships, black as death. 1912 Amer. Jrnl. Psychol. 23 374 No airship of speculation can ever really make that trip. 1939 I. M. Tarbell All in Day's Work xx. 402 Again and again in these generations have we seen the great airship of democracy lift from the ground, stagger, gather itself together, soar, sail. 1963 A. Mims tr. N. Kazantzakis Spain i. 77 The Spanish woman..is the precious ballast in the storm-tossed airship of the family and the nation. 2005 Mail on Sunday (Nexis) 27 Mar. 40 I spotted..a 'mother of pearl' cloud. This airship of metallic colours, a petrol puddle gliding in the sky, is apparently a good portent for seeing the [Northern] Lights. †2. Perhaps: a ship borne by the wind, a sailing ship. Obsolete. rare. O.E.D. Suppl. (1972) gives ‘air-ship, one propelled by an air-engine’. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > mechanically propelled vessels > [noun] > motor vessel > propelled by air-engine airship1855 1855 W. Boyd New York Pred. It ploughed gently the sea..the air-ship of Eric. Derivatives ˈairshipman n. ΘΚΠ 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 > pilot of airship airshipman1904 Zeppelinist1927 1904 Pall Mall Mag. Jan. 12/1 We air-shipmen are steamboat captains and not sailing yachtsmen. 1962 J. Toland Akron & Three who came Back in D. Congdon Thirties: A Time to Remember 85 [Norman Walker] the veteran airshipman, the only American to live through the ZR-2 (R-38) crash. 2003 New Yorker 9 June 72/3 Aware of the rigors of an airshipman's life, Maloney, Sr., proceeded to block every application that his son made to fly for Goodyear. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1817
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