heavier-than-air
重于空气,重于空气的,比空气更重,比空气重的
Definitions
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- : weighing more than the air that it displaces, hence having to obtain lift by aerodynamic means.
Examples
And Air Force assessors are the first to say such imaging never tells the whole story.
Sprawled on chaise lounges with their knees high in the air and their legs spread wide.
Indeed, Lion Air, with 45 percent of the domestic Indonesian airline market, has swallowed the Fernandes formula whole.
There is a larger reason, beyond the airlines themselves, why Lion Air and 61 other Indonesian airlines are on this black list.
The Pentagon said Faal served in the Air Force for seven years, during which time he became a U.S. citizen.
Bells were pealing and tolling in all directions, and the air was filled with the sound of distant shouts and cries.
It is to be remembered, however, that a few of these bacteria may reach the sputum from the upper air-passages.
We had now approached closely to the foot of the mountain-ranges, and their lofty summits were high above us in mid-air.
He stood, with the air of a hero, both arms extended towards the amazed pair of lovers.
Their method of curing the leaves was to air-dry them and then packing them until wanted for use.