| 单词 | tail-flap |
| 释义 | > as lemmastail-flap tail-flap n. (a) the tail of a crustacean; (b) Aeronautics an adjustable control surface on the tail of an aircraft. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Crustacea > [noun] > member of > parts of > tail flap1774 flapper1836 tail-flap1847 society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > parts of aircraft > [noun] > movable control surface > rudder or elevator rudder1784 tail-flap1847 horizontal rudder1875 elevator1910 ruddervator1945 taileron1966 1847 H. Miller First Impressions Eng. v. 93 Her [sc. a female lobster's] dorsal plates curve round from the joint at the carpace [read carapace] till the tail-flap rests on her breast. 1913 A. E. Berriman Aviation p. xxiv The glide..as the pilot switches on at the last moment and cocks up the tail flap to flatten out ere touching the ground. 1980 J. Ditton Copley's Hunch ii. i. 115 The tail-flaps were working all right, because he zoomed up and over to gain height. < as lemmas |
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