单词 | wave-hop |
释义 | > as lemmaswave-hop wave-hop v. [after hedge-hop verb s.v. hedge n. Compounds 3] colloquial (intransitive) to fly low over the sea. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > action of flying (in) aircraft > fly (in) an aircraft [verb (intransitive)] > at very low level hedge-hop1926 wave-hop1943 1943 Times 21 Dec. 2/3 Sneak-raiding FW 190s which wave-hopped across the Channel and North Sea to surprise seaside towns were a daytime menace. 1952 C. Day Lewis tr. Virgil Aeneid iv. 80 Like a bird which along the shore and around the promontories Goes fishing, flying low, wave-hopping over the water. 1984 J. Savarin Wolfrun xiii. 175 ‘What I can do with a chopper will surprise you.’ They'd be wave-hopping all the way across [the Channel]. < as lemmas |
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