| 单词 | hydroplane boat |
| 释义 | > as lemmashydroplane boat 2. A motor boat designed to skim the surface of the water by means of a bottom that consists in part of one or more flat surfaces sloping upwards towards the bow. Also hydroplane boat. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > mechanically propelled vessels > [noun] > hydroplane, hydrofoil, or hydroglider hydroplane1904 gliding-boat1906 skimmer1909 hydroglider1921 hydrofoil1959 thunderboat1967 Jetfoil1972 1904 Sci. Amer. 8 Oct. 250/3 Hydroplanes—new forms of gliding boats. This name, formed on the analogy of aeroplane, is suggested for vessels which, instead of floating in water, glide over its surface as sleighs glide over ice. 1907 Engineering 4 Oct. 457/2 (heading) The Crocco and Ricaldoni hydroplane boat. 1909 Westm. Gaz. 5 Jan. 4/2 We have exhibited marked enterprise in regard to the hydroplane. 1909 Westm. Gaz. 9 Mar. 4/1 The Alla-Va, a hydroplane boat having more than ordinary pretensions to speed, has been placed in the unrestricted racer class. 1913 W. Owen Let. 28 Sept. (1967) 199 Hydroplanes are in the habit of planing over the [River] Garonne. 1936 E. G. Barrillon in W. F. Durand Aerodynamic Theory VI. 137 In a hydroplane in motion, the water does not act by static pressure alone, but also by a..dynamic force analogous to that on the wings of an airplane. 1957 Times 8 Nov. 10/3 [Mr. Donald Campbell's] hydroplane Bluebird, which is powered by a Metropolitan-Vickers jet engine, was timed over the measured kilometre at 260·107 m.p.h. 1965 R. Sheckley Game of X (1966) xviii. 127 The hydroplane climbed out of the water, balancing on her two sponsons. < as lemmas |
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