drogue 音标拼音: [dr'og]
n . 风向指示筒,浮标
风向指示筒,浮标
drogue n 1 :
a funnel -
shaped device towed as a target by an airplane 2 :
a truncated cloth cone mounted on a mast ;
used (
e .
g .,
at airports )
to show the direction of the wind [
synonym : {
windsock },
{
wind sock }, {
sock }, {
air sock }, {
air -
sleeve }, {
wind sleeve },
{
wind cone }, {
drogue }]
3 :
restraint consisting of a canvas covered frame that floats behind a vessel ;
prevents drifting or maintains the heading into a wind [
synonym : {
sea anchor }, {
drogue }]
4 :
a parachute used to decelerate an object that is moving rapidly [
synonym : {
drogue }, {
drogue chute }, {
drogue parachute }]
parachute \
par "
a *
chute \,
v .
i .
TO descend to th ground from an airplane or other high place using a parachute ;
as ,
when the plane stalled ,
he parachuted safely to the ground .
[
PJC ]
{
golden parachute }
a generous set of financial benefits ,
including severance pay ,
provided by contract to a high -
level corporate employee in the event s /
he is dismissed or his /
her job is lost in a corporate takeover or merger ;
also ,
the contract providing for such benefits .
{
drogue parachute }
a small parachute that is first released and opened in order to more reliably deploy a larger parachute .
Also called {
drogue }.
[
PJC ]
parachuter
Drogue \
Drogue \ (
dr [=
o ]
g ),
n .
1 . (
Naut .)
See {
Drag },
n .,
6 ,
and {
Drag sail },
under {
Drag },
n .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
a small parachute dragged behind a vehicle as a means of stabilizing it ,
or deployed first so as to assist opening of a larger parachute .
[
PJC ]
3 .
a funnel -
shaped attachment at the end of a hose suspended from a tanker airplane in flight ,
to which the probe of another airplane may connect ,
so as to complete a connecting hose line through which fuel may be transferred from the tanker to the following airplane .
It is used for in -
flight refueling .
[
PJC ]
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