heavier-than-air

形容词 adj.
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英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Weighing more than the volume of air which it displaces. comparative-only
    — And folks laughed at Santos Dumont, at the Wrights, and at all the other fellows, who said they could take a heavier-than-air machine, and skim above the clouds like a bird.
  2. Of, pertaining to, or using an aircraft which weighs more than the volume of air it displaces. comparative-only
    — Died. John Thomas Moore, 65, who, on a windy day in December 1903, lent a hand putting a flying machine on a runway, was the last surviving witness to the Wright brothers' historic first heavier-than-air flight at Kitty Hawk.
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