| 单词 | slipstream |
| 释义 | slipstream[ slip-streem ] / ˈslɪpˌstrim / noun Also slip stream .Aeronautics. the airstream pushed back by a revolving aircraft propeller.Compare backwash (def. 2), wash (def. 31). the airstream generating reduced air pressure and forward suction directly behind a rapidly moving vehicle. verb (used without object)to ride in the slipstream of a fast-moving vehicle. Origin of slipstreamFirst recorded in 1910–15; slip1 + stream Words nearby slipstreamslip something over on, slip stem, slip step, slipstick, slip stitch, slipstream, slipstreaming, slip through one's fingers, slip top, slip trailing, slip-up Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for slipstream
British Dictionary definitions for slipstreamslipstream / (ˈslɪpˌstriːm) / nounAlso called: airstream, race
verbmotor racing to follow (another car, etc) closely in order to take advantage of the decreased wind resistance immediately behind it Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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