| 单词 | spotter aircraft |
| 释义 | > as lemmasspotter aircraft spotter aircraft n. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > [noun] > used in warfare > scout or reconnaissance aircraft scout1909 air scout1910 spotter plane1923 spotter1931 spotter aircraft1932 shufti-kite1944 1932 Times 12 Oct. 6/7 The new name is in accordance with the Air Ministry system of classifying types by the initial letter of their names, under which Fleet spotter aircraft were to have names beginning with the letter ‘S’. 1941 Free Press (Winnipeg) 9 Apr. 6/5 British warships appeared off the coast of Genoa and began to throw a thousand one-ton projectiles into the Ansaldo and other factories, their fire being corrected by British spotter aircraft overhead. 1993 ‘A. McNab’ Bravo Two Zero (1994) iv. 68 Aircraft of all types took off and landed on the brightly-lit runway; everything from spotter aircraft to A10 Thunderbolts. 2013 Orange County (Calif.) Register 8 July 87/2 He also took on the dangerous task of forward air controller, which means he called in artillery fire from a spotter aircraft that often flew low and slow over rugged terrain. < as lemmas |
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