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airscrew

/air-skroo/US // ˈɛərˌskru //UK // (ˈɛəˌskruː) //

气螺丝,气螺丝钉,气旋,气囊

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    British.

    • : an airplane propeller.

Examples

  • The Fokkers late in 1915 had been fitted with guns which fired through the airscrew.

  • In all but a few types of machine the airscrew is now retained in the forward position.

  • The machine gun soon followed, but its use in tractor machines was impracticable on account of the danger of hitting the airscrew.

  • Verkan Vall read of a Fourth Level aviator, in his little airscrew-drive craft, sighting nine high-flying saucerlike objects.

  • On this scale he was successful with a machine driven by an airscrew and with a machine driven by the flapping of wings.