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单词 stratojet
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stratojet
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.
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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.
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