stick the landing

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To complete a gymnastic or other athletic routine involving leaps, vaults, somersaults, etc. by landing firmly, solidly, and flawlessly on one's feet.
    — When Park came down from his vault, sticking the landing perfectly upright and unwavering, a huge roar went up from the 13,596 spectators.
  2. To execute a flawless landing (of an aircraft, rocket, or space capsule).
    — When the Philae lander, released by the comet-chasing Rosetta spacecraft, first tried to touch down on Nov. 12 in an area later named Agilkia, it could not stick the landing. The anchoring harpoons and retro-rockets did not work and the lander bounced off the comet.
  3. To complete a process in an impressive and conclusive manner. broadly,idiomatic
    — This was a big speech with a high degree of difficulty. And, Don Jr. stuck the landing.

词形变化

sticks the landing present,singular,third-person sticking the landing participle,present stuck the landing participle,past stuck the landing past

词源

Evidently by metaphor with sticking (placing quickly, thrusting) something quite accurately into a specific place. The term is not specific to aviation: see stick. Thus, this term evidently does not come from a reference to an aircraft's stick (“control stick”). It also does not involve the same metaphor as deadstick landing, whose stick is, originally, a wooden propeller that has lost its engine power.
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