dead stick

名词 n. 动词 v. 副词 adv.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An unpowered propeller.
    — I had to land with a dead stick.
  2. Failed aircraft power. attributive,often
    — The 767 made a miraculous dead stick landing at an abandoned Canadian airfield.
动词 v.
  1. To fly, especially to land, an aircraft without power.
副词 adv.
  1. Without aircraft-engine power. not-comparable
    — He landed dead stick.

词形变化

dead sticks plural deadstick alternative dead-stick alternative deadstick alternative dead-stick alternative dead sticks present,singular,third-person dead sticking participle,present dead sticked participle,past dead sticked past deadstick alternative dead-stick alternative

词源

词源 1
From stick (“wooden two-bladed propeller”), possibly confounded with stick-like aircraft-engine throttles.
词源 2
From stick (“wooden two-bladed propeller”), possibly confounded with stick-like aircraft-engine throttles.
词源 3
From stick (“wooden two-bladed propeller”), possibly confounded with stick-like aircraft-engine throttles.
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