Black Tulip

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词形变化

Black Tulips 复数

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Synonym of Antonov An-12 (“Soviet-era turboprop cargoplane”).

    航空 商务 工程 政治 军事

词源

black+tulip. Calque of Russian Чёрный тюльпан (Čórnyj tjulʹpan). From the use of the aircraft as a means to repatriate corpses of fallen soldiers. From the use of black tulips and other flowers to border obituaries. Originating as a nickname used by Soviet aircrews of the repatriation transport missions during the Afghan War, and popularized by Alexander Rezenbaum in a popular Soviet song, before migrating into English.

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