| 单词 | gull wing |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgull wing gull wing n. (a) an aeroplane wing of which the short inner section slants upwards from the fuselage, and the longer outer section is approximately horizontal; (b) of a car door (used attributive): opening upwards from the body of the car. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > parts and equipment of motor vehicles > [adjective] > type of door gull wing1932 society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > parts of aircraft > [noun] > plane or aerofoil > wing > types of wing gull wing1932 shoulder wing1941 delta wing1946 swept wing1947 ogee wing1960 1932 Aviation Jan. 39/3 The machine is a wire-braced monoplane of the gull-wing type designed primarily to afford the widest possible angle of vision for both pilot and observer. 1934 Flight 15 Feb. 156 The ‘gull’ wings of the earlier type have been dispensed with. 1957 Motor Body Apr. 8/1 This was a streamlined design with..the gull wing or butterfly wing door. 1966 N. Freeling King of Rainy Country 122 We had a new sports car—you remember the first three-hundred SL—with the gullwing doors. 1967 C. H. Barnes Shorts Aircraft 421 The new craft was a very elegant and efficient gull-wing cantilever monoplane. 1969 Daily Tel. 17 Oct. (Colour Suppl.) 71/3 The gull-wing door is likely to be seen more widely in future as a new breed of low-slung sports two-seaters is developed. < as lemmas |
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