单词 | no-fly zone |
释义 | > as lemmasno-fly zone 1. Military. Designating an area over which military (and sometimes civil) aircraft are forbidden to fly, esp. during a conflict; usually in no-fly zone. Also: designating a rule mandating such a zone. ΚΠ 1963 Marine Corps Gaz. Sept. 33/1 Capt Haight's favorite project is a triple-missile site built out of old generators, refrigerators, barbecue grills, and abandoned automobiles. Laugh if you want to, but shortly after it was unveiled helicopter pilots asked if the area was a no-fly zone. 1988 Aviation Week & Space Technol. (Nexis) 16 May 50 The area west of the buffer zone..is considered a ‘no-fly’ zone due to its proximity to the USSR. 1992 Time 28 Sept. 49/2 The US..should say explicitly that sanctions and no-fly rules will stay in force. 1994 Canad. Def. Q. Mar. 45/2 The goal of the study is to find ways of giving tactical commanders an alternative to guns or missiles to enforce a ‘no-fly’ zone, such as in Bosnia. 2000 Times 3 Aug. 4/5 RAF pilots have admitted that only good fortune has prevented British casualties during their many ‘dangerous missions’ enforcing the no-fly zone over southern Iraq. < as lemmas |
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