| 单词 | bird dog plane |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbird dog plane c. Forestry (chiefly Canadian). More fully bird dog plane. A small aeroplane that leads or directs water bombers fighting a wildfire. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > [noun] > aircraft for other specific uses ambulance aeroplane1915 ambulance airplane1918 ambulance plane1918 air ambulance1920 firebomber1938 crop-duster1939 grasshopper1939 water bomber1956 weather plane1962 bird dog1965 1965 Northern Sentinel (Kitimat, Brit. Columbia) 23 Sept. 2/5 Fifty per cent of this number [of aircraft] was stationed in the Prince George and Prince Rupert Forest Districts and included helicopters, water bombers, patrol aircraft and ‘bird dogs’. 1977 Tel.-Jrnl. (Saint John, New Brunswick) 2 June 4/3 The ‘birddog’..is the one who tells the other pilots where to drop their loads. He, of course, is in radio contact with the fire boss. Between them, they plan a strategy to fight the blaze. 2006 Up Here (Yellowknife, N.W. Territories) July 8/2 My granddaughter who lives in Yellowknife..flies in the birddog plane for the water bombers. < as lemmas |
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