| 单词 | flame-out |
| 释义 | > as lemmasflame-out d. to flame out: spec. of a jet engine, to cease operation through extinction of the flame in the combustion chamber. So flame-out n. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > parts of aircraft > means of propulsion > [verb (intransitive)] > cut out (of jet engine) flame-out1950 society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > parts of aircraft > means of propulsion > [noun] > aircraft engine > jet engine > cutting-out flame-out1950 1950 National Geographic Mag. Sept. 307/2 If that boy..had blasted his throttle forward fast, he would have got what we call a ‘flameout’. 1951 Britannica Bk. of Year 686/1 Flame-out, of a jet plane, to exhaust its supply of fuel. 1957 Wall St. Jrnl. 15 July 7/4 Curtiss-Wright Corp. announced it has successfully conducted tests with fuels which ignite on contact with air and which can re-light jet engines which have ‘flamed-out’ at high altitude. 1957 Aeroplane 1 Feb. 149/1 When the aircraft was about 90 minutes out of Salisbury, all four engines began ‘bumping’ and four flame-outs occurred in the space of five minutes. 1960 Guardian 30 June 10/4 The nature of the fuel gave the engine a strong tendency to ‘flame out’. 1965 New Scientist 27 May 577/2 Some of the combustion troubles associated with flame velocities which cause flame-outs in jet engines, especially at great heights. < as lemmas |
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