takeoff
英 ['teɪkɒf]
美 ['tekɔf]
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. Discovery's takeoff this morning from Cape Canaveral was flawless.
- “發現”號航天飛機今晨從卡納維拉爾角順利發射升空。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The aircraft crashed after takeoff from Heathrow in a reservoir.
- 飛機從希思羅機場起飛後墜毀在一個水庫裏。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. The commuter plane was waiting for takeoff.
- 通勤飛機在等候起飛。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. She does a marvellous takeoff of the Queen.
- 她學女王的樣子學得惟妙惟肖.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. The plane crashed shortly after takeoff.
- 飛機起飛後不久便墜毀了.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》