| 单词 | to loop the loop |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto loop the loop 6. to loop the loop, to perform the feat of circling in a vertical loop, originally on a specially prepared track (see loop n.1 4f), later in an aeroplane. Also transferred, figurative, and as n.Originally a fairground phrase. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement in circle or curve > move in a circle or curve [verb (intransitive)] > move in a circle to go aboutOE whirlc1290 circule1430 circlec1440 to cast, fet, fetch, go, take a compass?a1500 circuit1611 circumgyre1634 revolve1660 circulate1672 orba1821 circumvolve1841 to loop the loop1902 orbit1948 society > travel > air or space travel > action of flying (in) aircraft > specific flying operations or procedures > [verb (intransitive)] > circling aircraft in vertical loop to loop the loop1902 society > travel > air or space travel > action of flying (in) aircraft > aerobatics > perform aerobatics [verb (intransitive)] > specific to loop the loop1902 loop1913 barrel roll1917 flick roll1928 1902 Strand Mag. June 708 (heading) Looping the loop on a bicycle. 1902 Strand Mag. June 708/1 ‘Looping the loop’ in America has become even more popular than shooting the chutes. 1902 Strand Mag. June 708/2 At first he could not induce the ball to loop the loop. 1903 G. Bell Let. 8 July (1927) I. 166 We went on a switchback that looped the loop... Hugo..was distinctly conscious of being upside down..for the fraction of a second. 1903 Outing 42 552/1 He knows how to win the steeplechase..and has been ‘thrown out’ for standing up in the loop-the-loops. 1904 Daily Chron. 17 Nov. 6/6 A daring attempt to perform a looping-the-loop feat on a cycle has led to a deplorable accident. 1908 A. Bazin in L'Aérophile 15 May Pourquoi pas ‘looping the loop’ tout de suite?] 1911 A. P. Thurston Elem. Aeronautics iii. 33 A glider..can be made to ‘loop the loop’, or follow any one of a number of curved paths. 1913 Aeroplane 25 Sept. 350/2 M. Pégoud succeeded in looping the loop completely. 1913 Aeroplane 2 Oct. 384/1 M. Pégoud's performance culminated on Saturday by his looping the loop four times. 1914 Isis 21 Feb. 15/2 To Mr. Hucks belongs the distinction of being..the first Englishman to fly upside down and ‘loop-the-loop’. 1922 A. S. Eddington Theory of Relativity 3 The planets literally looped the loop in fantastic curves called epicycles. 1922 P. G. Wodehouse Clicking of Cuthbert ix. 209 A girl of such pronounced beauty that Ramsden Waters' heart looped the loop twice in rapid succession. 1923 Daily Mail 18 June 7 An attempt to loop the loop with the world's most powerful single-engined aeroplane. 1935 H. G. Wells Things to Come ix. 82 Aeroplane looping the loop—then the falling leaf trick. 1940 O. Nash Face is Familiar (1954) 10 It's pleasant to loop the loop, To daringly seize The flying trapeze With a cry of Allez-oop! 1960 B. Keaton My Wonderful World of Slapstick iv. 73 The climax of the act came when he started doing loop the loops, riding upside down. 1961 C. B. Smith Testing Time iii. 44 Gustav Hamel, the brilliant aerobat..was summoned by the King to Windsor to demonstrate his looping of the loop. 1968 Michelin Guide N.Y. City 124 Coney Island..scenic railways, loop-the-loops and Ferris wheels compete with phantom trains, tunnels of love, sputniks. < as lemmas |
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