单词 | traffic pattern |
释义 | > as lemmastraffic pattern traffic pattern n. chiefly North American (a) the characteristic distribution of vehicles, persons, information, etc., on a route, network, etc.; (b) Aeronautics a standard flight path above an airport or airfield, followed after take-off and before landing by aircraft operating under visual flight rules. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > vehicular traffic > [noun] > characteristic distribution traffic pattern1930 society > travel > air or space travel > specific movements or positions of aircraft > air as medium for operation of aircraft > [noun] > route through the air > normal pattern of traffic pattern1930 1930 N.Y. Times 1 June ix. 6 xx/3 A quarter of a century ago, when the motor vehicle was introduced into the traffic pattern. 1940 Abilene (Texas) Reporter-News 5 July 1/2 Rigid traffic patterns must be maintained in the air to avoid collisions between planes which are landing, taking-off and going through their aerial classes. 1977 Chicago Tribune 2 Oct. xi. 14/3 But the ‘island’ arrangement—placing furniture in the middle of a room (if it's large enough), thereby leaving space to walk around it—is a good way to create a traffic pattern. 2012 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 1 Nov. c5/1 This is not to say that new traffic patterns devised to steer drivers around the arena aren't creating problems. 2019 GDP: Global Data Point (Nexis) 25 May The agency says the taxiway will enhance safety by allowing new traffic patterns for the private, commercial, and glider pilots who use the airport. < as lemmas |
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