单词 | taxiing |
释义 | taxiingn. 1. The action of travelling slowly in an aeroplane along the ground before take-off or after landing, or of causing an aeroplane to do this. Also with adverbs indicating the direction of travel, as taxiing-in. Cf. taxi v. 2. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > action of flying (in) aircraft > specific flying operations or procedures > [noun] > travelling along the ground taxiing1912 taxi1913 1912 Daily Mail 3 Sept. 6/1 Turning in circles of figure 8's on the ground—called ‘Taxying’. 1946 R. A. McFarland Human Factors Air Transport Design ix. 390 To permit good ground vision during taxiing. 1982 L. Cook Under Etna i. i. 11 The first jarring bounce of touchdown and..the gentle taxi-ing in. 2010 Indian Jrnl. Industr. Relations 46 287/2 The air traffic controllers provide continuous instructions to the pilot..from the moment of start off to the final taxiing of the plane into the parking slot. 2. The action or occupation of driving or hiring out a taxi; the action or practice of being driven or transported in, or as if in, a taxi. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > transport by vehicles plying for hire > [noun] > driving or hiring of cabs cabbing1846 taxiing1923 hacking1928 1923 N.Y. Times 11 Feb. (Mag.) 4/2 (heading) Taxiing in Turkey. 1979 Culture & Trad. 4 80 Gilbert has been driving a cab on and off for ten years, for a total of five years of taxiing. 2011 S. Sahota Ours are Streets 27 Abba'd come in from a night's taxiing and shoo me back to my room. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). taxiingadj. Of an aeroplane: that is travelling slowly along the ground before take-off or after landing. Cf. taxi v. 2a. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > action of flying (in) aircraft > specific flying operations or procedures > [adjective] > travelling along the ground taxiing1929 1929 N.Y. Times 24 Aug. 2 Taxying plane hits another at New Orleans—Five narrowly escape. 1958 ‘J. Castle’ & A. Hailey Flight into Danger vi. 76 One slowly taxi-ing aircraft came to a stop and cut its engines. 2015 N.Y. Times Blogs (Nexis) 15 Jan. A spate of passengers opening the emergency doors of taxiing airplanes in China has led to calls for tougher punishment of unruly fliers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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