单词 | strato- |
释义 | strato-comb. form1 Forming the names of mixed types of cloud structure in which the ‘stratus’ form is present as an element modifying one of the other forms. strato-cirrus n. Brit. , U.S. , ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > cloud > [noun] > a cloud > stratus > cirro-stratus or strato-cirrus cirro-stratus1803 wane-cloud1823 strato-cirrus1880 1880 Nature 17 June 145/1 Similar objection lies against the application to these clouds the terms cirro-stratus and strato-cirrus. 1947 Mich. Alumnus Q. Rev. 26 July 317/1 Strato-cirrus clouds laminated the sky. 2014 H. Duncan Scruffians! 38 The delicate streaks of stratocirrus in the sky. ΚΠ 1816 W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. Aug. 35 Such clouds should be called strato-cirrous. stratocumulous adj. Brit. , U.S. , ΚΠ 1899 Art Interchange June 134/3 A pearly sea under strato-cumulous clouds. 1970 Boating July 71/2 The long, low streak of dark stratocumulous clouds hanging over the land or water like a curtain of dust. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). strato-comb. form2Categories » 1. Geology. Forming terms relating to strata or stratigraphy, as stratotype n., stratovolcano n. 2. a. Forming the names (frequently with capital initial) of various kinds of high-altitude aircraft, esp. ones built by the Boeing Company, e.g. stratocruiser, stratojet, stratoliner, stratoplane, stratotanker. ΚΠ 1926 Moorhead (Minnesota) Daily News 13 Sept. 4/2 The new ‘stratoplane’ will soon emerge from the German laboratories and yards to challenge the air supremacy of France. 1938 Albuquerque (New Mexico) Jrnl. 13 Mar. 3/1 The company [sc. Boeing] has registered ‘Stratoliner’ as a trademark for the ships. 1947 Daily Progress (Charlottesville, Va.) 18 Dec. 10/1 The XB4 Stratojet, described as potentially the world's most powerful plane, made its initial test hop yesterday. 1966 D. Francis Flying Finish iv. 48 The pressurized stratocruiser which took us [to New York]. 1980 Times 1 Feb. 3/3 (caption) A woman stratotanker pilot in the United States Air Force at RAF Fairford, Gloucestershire, yesterday, after a refuelling mission. 1993 Sci. Amer. Jan. 123/2 Boeing turned to reverse engineering..to re-create a tail wheel for a 1940s Boeing 307 Stratoliner. 2003 Observer 29 June i. 9/5 Zephyr's makers are in a ‘stratosphere race’ with rivals across the Atlantic who are developing an American stratoplane called Helios. b. Forming various (often ephemeral) terms with the sense ‘travelling in, suitable for travel in, or exploration of, the stratosphere’, as in stratonaut, stratosuit, etc. ΚΠ 1934 Amer. Speech 9 236/2 According to C. E. Mason, the New York Times coined the word stratonaut to describe venturers in the stratosphere. 1937 C. G. Philp Conquest of Stratosphere 6 Seventy-four years ago..those gallant pioneers, Glaisher and Coxwell,..claimed to have reached a height of 7 miles, into the lower stratosphere..without a single essential of the modern stratonaut, for they had no oxygen apparatus. 1949 Jrnl. Brit. Interplanetary Soc. 8 40 Doubtless considerable improvements have been effected in stratosuits since the Haldane-Davis original. 1995 P. David Captain's Daughter ii. x. 96 A loud thunk and a shudder as the accelerating stratopod collided broadsided with the shuttle. 2014 M. von Ehrenfried Stratonauts iv. 21 The stratonaut of today wears about a $500,000 suit of armor against the world. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < |
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