| 单词 | hedge-hopping |
| 释义 | > as lemmashedge-hopping hedge-hopping adj. also figurative ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > action of flying (in) aircraft > [noun] > close to the ground low-flying1600 contour-chasinga1918 hedge-hopping1919 1919 R. H. Reece Night Bombing with Bedouins 23 The British sport of ‘hedge-hopping’, i.e., flying close to the ground and ‘zooming’ up over trees. 1939 War Illustr. 11 Nov. 286 The German pilot's story of his eventful pursuit of a hedge-hopping English 'plane. 1955 Amer. Speech 30 72 Hedge-hopping..took on a special meaning in the 1952 presidential campaign—using an airplane in political campaigning. 1957 L. Durrell Bitter Lemons 100 My own ambitions were more hedge-hopping and my means forbade me to indulge in such delightful fantasies. < as lemmas |
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