单词 | vapour trail |
释义 | > as lemmasvapour trail vapour trail n. a visible trail of condensed water vapour in the sky, in the wake of an aircraft; also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > gas > [noun] > fumes or vapour > cloud or streamer of > specific vapour trail1941 condensation trail1942 contrail1945 society > travel > air or space travel > specific movements or positions of aircraft > air as medium for operation of aircraft > [noun] > vapour trail vapour trail1941 condensation trail1942 contrail1945 1941 Picture Post 3 May 23/1 The vapour trails are left by the R.A.F. fighters weaving in and out of the German formation. 1948 L. Durrell Let. in Spirit of Place (1969) 98 Vapour-trails of cows on the pampas, desolation. 1977 W. McIlvanney Laidlaw xxvi. 115 The vapour trails left by interrupted conversations. 1979 C. Priest Infinite Summer 18 There, high in the blue, were several curling white vapour-trails, but no other sign of the German bombers. < as lemmas |
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