volplane

n. [空]滑翔 v. 滑翔下降

发音

/ˈvɒlpleɪn/

词形变化

volplanes 复数 volplanes volplaned volplanes 三单 volplaning volplaning 现在分词 volplaned 过去式 volplaned 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A steep, controlled dive, especially by an aircraft with the engine off.

v.
  1. 1.

    To perform a volplane.

    1916, Wilfred Percy ("Billie") Nevill, letter, in 1991, Ruth Elwin Harris (editor), Billie: The Nevill Letters, 1914-1916, Julia Macrae, page 143, […] when well over the bosche lines & he volplaned home, just skimmed over our & the Bosche trenches, they all fired at him like sin, of course, and landed about 1000 yards back on a hill.

  2. 2.

    To glide.

词源

From French vol plané (“gliding flight”).

来源：wiktionary