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jet-propelled

/jet-pruh-peld/US // ˈdʒɛt prəˈpɛld //

喷气推进式,喷气式,喷气式的,喷气推进式的

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : propelled by a jet engine or engines.
    • : Informal. having a force or speed suggesting something propelled by a jet engine; fast or powerful.

Examples

  • Nor does the jet have the ability to capture high-definition video, utilize an infra-red pointer.

  • The jet engine instantly brought two advances over propellers: it doubled the speed and it was far more reliable.

  • But even when the jet will be able to shoot its gun, the F-35 barely carries enough ammunition to make the weapon useful.

  • Search teams find dozens of people and jet debris floating in the Java Sea, as the airline confirms the wreckage is from QZ8501.

  • Searchers reported seeing a large shadow on the seabed, suggesting the crashed jet has been located.

  • Again, the big howitzers led the infernal orchestra pitting the face of no man's land with jet black blotches.

  • This last spear is propelled by a throwing-stick, which was also found lying by it.

  • The great Dam at Assouan was just completed and we traversed its entire length on a trolley propelled by natives.

  • The pneumatic vacuum tubes which propelled the trains on the South Devon Railway, failed to give the power that was expected.

  • They have helped men to understand that the machinery of the universe is propelled by the unending application of power.