单词 | fuselage |
释义 | fuselage (once / 10894 pages) n The main part of an airplane — the part in which you sit as a passenger — is called the fuselage. Your luggage rides in the fuselage too. The word fuselage comes from the Latin fusus, or "spindle," which describes the shape of the central tube-shaped part of an airplane. Wings, tails, engines — these are all extra parts of the plane that attach to the fuselage. Different kinds of airplanes have different types of fuselages, depending on how fast they need to travel and what they carry, but a fuselage is always hollow and always has a cockpit at the front. WORD FAMILYfuselage: fuselages USAGE EXAMPLES“The planes were already diving. I saw one of the planes turn around — the rising sun on the fuselage. ‘My god! The Guardian(Dec 27, 2016) Yet there’s also the less successful introduction of robotic assembly of the 777 metal fuselage in a building next to the main Everett assembly plant. Seattle Times(Dec 27, 2016) Divers found parts of the fuselage, fragments of the engine and various mechanical parts at night, the Defense Ministry said. Wall Street Journal(Dec 27, 2016) n the central body of an airplane that is designed to accommodate the crew and passengers (or cargo) Hyper body the external structure of a vehicle |
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