fuselage

• n. [航] 機身（飛機）

來自拉丁語fusus, 紡錘，詞源同fusiform. 因飛機機身形如紡錘狀而得名。

fuselage (n.)

1909, from French fuselage, from fuselé "spindle-shaped," from Old French *fus "a spindle," from Latin fusus "a spindle" (see fuse (n.)). So called from its shape.

1. Some oscillation of the fuselage had been noticed on early flights.

在之前的幾次飛行中，就已經察覺到機身有些搖晃。

來自柯林斯例句

2. The aircraft took off with a gaping hole in its fuselage.

飛機起飛了，機身上有一個裂開的口子。

來自柯林斯例句

3. The length of the fuselage was increased due to a degree of directional instability.

由於存在某種程度的航向不穩定性，機身被加長了。

來自柯林斯例句

4. The problem turned out to be metal fatigue in the fuselage.

問題原來是飛機機身出現金屬疲勞。

來自辭典例句

5. The underpart of the plane's fuselage scraped the treetops.

飛機機身的腹部擦過樹頂.

來自辭典例句