| 单词 | hard landing |
| 释义 | > as lemmashard landing hard landing n. (a) a landing made with excessive force; (Astronautics) an uncontrolled landing in which a spacecraft is destroyed; (b) Economics an undesirably rapid reduction in economic growth. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > action of flying (in) aircraft > specific flying operations or procedures > [noun] > landing > crash landing hard landing1840 crash landing1928 prang1942 1840 Hampshire Advertiser 22 Aug. As he passed ‘No. 5,’ he thus addressed him—‘I'm thinking, Colin, tha'ill be unco hard landing, when I've com to th' bottom.’ 1930 Pop. Mech. Nov. 727/1 Information concerning the strength of tires under heavy loads, hard landings and irregular runways. 1958 Times 28 Mar. 10/3 The first [lunar landing] would be a simple shot, ending either in a ‘hard’ (uncontrolled) landing or a circling of the moon. 1991 Longevity May 94/3 A baby riding in your lap can fly out of your arms and suffer injuries in a hard landing or turbulence. 2000 Wall St. Jrnl. 16 May c16/4 More threatening would be a series of [interest] rate increases leading to a hard landing for the U.S. economy. 2008 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 6 Apr. (Front section) 27/2 The plane did a hard landing in Pittsburgh, almost tore the wing off. < as lemmas |
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