takeoff
英 ['teɪkɒf]
美 ['tekɔf]
takeoff 英文词源
- takeoff (n.)
- also take-off, "caricature," colloquial, 1846, from earlier sense of "thing that detracts from something, drawback" (1826), from take (v.) + off (adv.). Meaning "act of becoming airborne" is from 1904 in reference to aircraft; in reference to jumping, it is attested from 1869. Verbal phrase take off "become airborne" is from 1918, in reference to aircraft; figurative use "rise suddenly and dramatically" by 1963.
takeoff 双语例句
1. Discovery's takeoff this morning from Cape Canaveral was flawless. “发现”号航天飞机今晨从卡纳维拉尔角顺利发射升空。 来自柯林斯例句
- 2. The aircraft crashed after takeoff from Heathrow in a reservoir.
- 飞机从希思罗机场起飞后坠毁在一个水库里。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. The commuter plane was waiting for takeoff.
- 通勤飞机在等候起飞。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. She does a marvellous takeoff of the Queen.
- 她学女王的样子学得惟妙惟肖.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. The plane crashed shortly after takeoff.
- 飞机起飞后不久便坠毁了.
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