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单词 ripcord
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ripcordn.

Brit. /ˈrɪpkɔːd/, U.S. /ˈrɪpˌkɔrd/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: rip n.3, cord n.1; rip v.1, cord n.1
Etymology: Partly < rip n.3 + cord n.1, and partly < rip v.1 + cord n.1
1. A cord on a balloon or airship which when pulled tears away an area of the envelope so that gas can escape rapidly. Cf. ripping cord n. at ripping n. Compounds 2. Now rare.
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society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > balloons and airships > [noun] > rip cord
ripcord1886
rip line1892
ripping cord1899
ripping line1904
ripping rope1917
1886 Cent. Mag. Sept. 677/1 He handed me the ‘rip-cord’, with earnest instructions to take up all the slack and pull hard the instant he gave the order.
1893 Science 14 Apr. 206/1 The modern balloon, with its very long drag-rope and rip-cord, are [sic] very safe.
1909 V. Lougheed Vehicles of Air 108 Practically a valve is the ‘rip cord’, by means of which a seam running along the side of a balloon can be laid open.
1974 Oxf. Junior Encycl. (rev. ed.) IV. 35/2 Among other important equipment is the ripping-line or rip-cord, which is painted red so that it shall not be pulled in mistake for the valve line.
2. A cord or cable attached to a pin that holds a parachute pack closed, which when its handle is pulled opens the pack so that the parachute is released and deployed. Also figurative and in figurative contexts.
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society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > parachute > [noun] > rip cord
ripcord1911
1911 Sci. Amer. 25 Mar. 300/1 In case of accident the aviator, by pulling a rip cord, can open the parachute.
1930 D. Verrill Aircraft Bk. for Boys xi. 189 The jumper counts five (or more) before pulling the rip-cord and releasing the parachute.
1955 Times 25 Aug. 6/3 She claimed a world record for a ‘free fall’ jump, having descended approximately 26,238 ft. before she pulled the ripcord.
1975 ‘D. Jordan’ Black Acct. i. xix. 100 He was big..and wide but ripcord lean.
1994 Skydiving Feb. 4/1 The jumper had trouble locating his main ripcord and didn't pull the handle until about 2000 feet.
2006 ‘L. Burana’ Try ii. 12 The horse jibbed around like a textbook dink but J.W. didn't slack. Each spur stroke had the tensile precision of a ripcord pull.
3. gen. A cord or other line which is pulled to produce a particular action, as the release or collapse of something, or the starting of an engine.
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1971 J. Hawkes Blood Oranges 95 Fiona..used to tug at my hair and pound my chest, in mock fury fight my pajama buttons before I managed to..pull what she used to call the rip cord of my pajama bottoms.
1975 A. Salmond Hui iv. 103 Our driver pulled furiously at a ripcord. Eventually the engine started again.
1986 H. Fordin in P. Kerr Hollywood Film Industry iii. 71 He then inserted wire, connecting all 283 pieces, which acted as a ripcord for the collapse and restoration of the structure.
1996 C. Logan Hunter's Moon xxviii. 159 He balanced on the balls of his feet, the saw casually in front of him, one hand on the handle, one hand gripping the ripcord.
2008 T. E. Markowitz & M. D. Dake in K. Kandarpa Peripheral Vascular Interventions x. 156/1 Pulling the ripcord knob at the hub of the deployment sheath quickly releases the constraining PTFE sleeve.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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