| 单词 | level out |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto level out b. to level out: to extend on a level; †figurative to contrive, procure (an opportunity). ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > extend [verb (transitive)] > extend on a level to level out1606 the world > action or operation > carrying out > execute, perform, or carry out [verb (transitive)] > achieve or effect helpc1410 obtain?a1425 procurec1425 practise?a1439 upholdc1450 furnish1477 to bring about1480 to bring to passc1513 conduce1518 contrive1530 to make good1535 moyen1560 effect1581 effectuatea1586 to level out1606 operate1637 to carry offa1640 efficiate1639 work1761 engineer1831 1606 G. W. tr. Justinus Hist. xvi. 65 b [Demetrius hoped] to leauell out fit opportunity himselfe to inuade the kingdome. 1644 J. Milton Doctr. Divorce (ed. 2) 59 To limit and level out the direct way from vice to vertu, with straitest and exactest lines on either side. 1850 J. Greenwood Sailor's Sea-bk. 129 Levelled-out, a line continued out in a horizontal direction from the intersection of an angle; or where the cant-timbers may intersect the diagonal or riband lines. to level off (or out) 6. to level off (or out): extracted from levelv.1 a. to bring an aircraft into horizontal flight (intransitive and transitive); (of an aircraft) to assume horizontal flight, to flatten out. ΚΠ 1928 Literary Digest 12 May 74/2 A ‘pancake landing’ occurs when the ship is leveled off several feet above the ground. 1928 New Republic 15 Aug. 331/2 In a straight dive down, coming out of a ‘stall’..which stopped only when I levelled off and began to fly straight. 1928 New Republic 15 Aug. 331/2 When it gets into the diving position, it responds to all the controls and can be gradually levelled out. 1937 D. Teilhet & H. Teilhet Feather Cloak Murders viii. 135 Climbing in the still blue atmosphere to five thousand feet, the ten-passenger Sikorsky amphibian levelled off above Honolulu. 1952 A. Y. Bramble Air-plane Flight xviii. 306 Some air-planes take a considerable time to reach cruising air speed, with cruising power setting, after levelling off. 1963 Times 19 Apr. 11/6 On the Trident and VC 10 it is proposed to use the equipment in stages, the first being autoflare, in which the aircraft is brought down to the height at which it levels off for landing, leaving the pilot to put the aircraft down. b. figurative. To cease increasing or decreasing. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > be unchanging [verb (intransitive)] > cease to change peak1940 plateau1951 to level off (or out)1958 1958 Listener 10 July 40/1 If the recent signs of improvement in American business are not followed up, if production levels off again and unemployment rises..then [etc.]. 1968 Guardian 24 Apr. 11/5 The American war effort can begin to level off and eventually to be reduced. 1968 Times 16 Dec. 7/1 Yields have been tending to level off, or even to fall. 1972 Guardian 21 July 21/5 There are a few signs..that the property market is beginning to level off and prices are steadying somewhat. < as lemmas |
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