单词 | gull wing |
释义 | gull wing in British English (ɡʌl wɪŋ) noun aeronautics an aircraft wing having a short upward-sloping inner section and a longer horizontal outer section gull-wing in British English (ˈɡʌlˌwɪŋ) adjective 1. (of a car door) opening upwards 2. (of an aircraft wing) having a short upward-sloping inner section and a longer horizontalouter section gull wing in American Englishnoun an airplane wing that slants briefly upward from the fuselage and then extends horizontally outward Word origin [1930–35]This word is first recorded in the period 1930–35. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: kickback, logical positivism, preset, saddle stitch, technical foulgull-wing in American English (ˈɡʌlˌwɪŋ) adjective 1. (of an automobile door) hinged at the top and opening upward 2. having gull-wing doors a gull-wing sports car 3. having or resembling airplane gull wings Word origin [1930–35]This word is first recorded in the period 1930–35. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: kickback, preset, saddle stitch, uncertainty principle, videoExamples of 'gull wing' in a sentence |
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