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reaction engine

反应引擎,反应式发动机,反应式引擎,反作用力引擎

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Aeronautics, Rocketry.

    • : an engine that produces power as a reaction to the momentum given to gases ejected from it, as a rocket or jet engine.

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Examples

  • We haven't had any real fan reaction yet, but our collective fingers are crossed.

  • Or how kicking a reaction-less eunuch in the crotch over and over again is comedy.

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

  • An F-35 was destroyed on takeoff earlier in the year when a design flaw in its Pratt & Whitney F135 engine sparked a fire.

  • Your general reaction runs along the lines of: “When will these geezers give it up and go for a mall walk or something?”

  • It was only the engine drawing the train of cars up to the station to take the passengers away.

  • “Mon pauvre petit, you are hungry,” said Aristide, carrying it to the car racked by the clattering engine.

  • While this reaction lasted he laughed away the evidence, and honestly believed he was exaggerating trifles.

  • Ordinarily the diazo appears a little earlier than the Widal reaction—about the fourth or fifth day—but it may be delayed.

  • Adjoining the engine-house on the other side, is the stable, where five splendid horses are kept.