单词 | ski-plane |
释义 | > as lemmasski-plane ski-plane n. an aeroplane having its undercarriage fitted with skis (sense b above) for landing on snow or ice. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > [noun] > with specific type of undercarriage ski-plane1930 tricycle1942 tail-dragger1971 1930 O. H. Kneen Everyman's Bk. Flying xiii. 231 The Fairchild Airplane Company and others use the term ski-plane for Canadian machines, convertible to seaplanes in the summer. 1936 J. Grierson High Failure xiii. 281 For Canadian conditions the most useful machines are seaplanes in summer and ski-planes in winter. 1964 G. Lyall Most Dangerous Game xxi. 172 I came in from Spitzbergen, in an old Noorduyn Norseman ski-plane. 1975 E. Hillary Nothing venture, Nothing Win vi. 82 Access to the mountains is often long and difficult—or used to be before the development of ski-planes and helicopters. < as lemmas |
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