dead stick

短语

词形变化

dead sticks 复数 dead sticks dead sticked dead sticking dead sticks 三单 dead sticking 现在分词 dead sticked 过去式 dead sticked 过去分词

别名

deadstick

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An unpowered propeller.

    I had to land with a dead stick.

  2. 2.

    Failed aircraft power.

    定语

    The 767 made a miraculous dead stick landing at an abandoned Canadian airfield.

v.
  1. 1.

    To fly, especially to land, an aircraft without power.

adv.
  1. 1.

    Without aircraft-engine power.

    He landed dead stick.

词源

From stick (“wooden two-bladed propeller”), possibly confounded with stick-like aircraft-engine throttles.

来源：wiktionary