单词 | skyship |
释义 | > as lemmasskyship skyship n. a large aircraft or spacecraft; (now esp.) an airship. [Compare slightly earlier airship n. and the foreign-language forms cited at that entry.] ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > [noun] > an aircraft or spacecraft > very large aircraft or spacecraft skyship1826 1826 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 20 399/1 What is a balloon but a bubble like that of the South-Sea? Why does not Davy or Leslie invent a rudder for the sky-ship? 1923 L. Pauer Day of Judgment 16 If possible..we are going to board that sky-ship. 1960 Analog Sci. Fact & Fiction Dec. 10/1 When we first heard of the Sky Ship, we were on an island whose name..was Yarzik. 2008 Times (Nexis) 4 Oct. 23 The fuel efficiency of skyships is to be highlighted in a round-the-world race of Zeppelins planned by Unesco's World Heritage Centre in 2010. < as lemmas |
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