aluminum shower

短语

词形变化

aluminum showers 复数 aluminum showers

别名

aluminium shower

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The result of a midair collision of two aircraft.

    比喻 航空 商务 工程

    John Cusack and Billy Bob Thornton play two air-traffic controllers who are prickly and complex. . . . They use cynicism to protect themselves from the terrors of the job. One guy "has an aluminum shower in his future".

    [W]e must be able to determine when airplanes are too close for comfort.

  2. 2.

    A party or similar event at which aluminum household items are given, as for a wedding.

  3. 3.

    An event at which people give household items made of aluminum to the war effort.

    过时 比喻
  4. 4.

    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see aluminum, shower.