To shoot (a bird) in the wing, so as to disable it from flying without killing it; transferred to wound (a person) with a shot in the arm or…
| 单词 | θ165385 |
| 释义 | society > armed hostility > hostilities in the air > attack with aircraft [verb (transitive)] > render (enemy plane) unserviceable (2) wing1914 To shoot (a bird) in the wing, so as to disable it from flying without killing it; transferred to wound (a person) with a shot in the arm or… spike-bozzle1915 transitive. To destroy (an enemy aircraft, esp. an airship) completely. Also in extended use. |
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