unidentified flying object

短语

n. 不明飞行物, 飞碟

发音

其它

词形变化

unidentified flying objects 复数 unidentified flying objects

别名

UFO

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Anything not readily explainable appearing to move through or be suspended in the air.

    不明飞行物

    飞碟

    幽浮

    不明飞行物体

    The lights seen over the city last night, originally termed unidentified flying objects, turned out to be spotlights from a car dealership reflecting on low clouds.

  2. 2.

    Anything not readily explainable appearing to move through or be suspended in the air.

    Such things as seem to be discrete objects and comparable to aircraft.

    She said that the unidentified flying object then turned around, zoomed to a higher altitude, and loitered briefly before speeding off.

  3. 3.

    An alien spacecraft.

    飞碟

    非正式

    He said that the strange beings then took him aboard their unidentified flying object and examined his body.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

ufo flying saucer

上位词 6

shadow phantom apparition phantasm fantasm phantasma

词源

The phrase is usually attributed to US Air Force officer Edward J. Ruppelt (1923–1960) who coined it as a replacement of the terms flying saucer and flying disk.

来源：wiktionary