| 单词 | lighter-than-air |
| 例句 | Most of the big fragrance houses are wildly cagey about revealing anything substantive about their work, relying instead on lighter-than-air PR-speak. My perfume safari – searching for scents outside fancy international cities 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z That is the reassuring but unconvincing message of “Bright Days Ahead,” a lighter-than-air carnal romance. Movie Review: In ‘Bright Days Ahead,’ a 60-Year-Old Woman Takes a Lover 2014-04-24T23:35:20Z Other sculptures express abstract ideas or ineffable moods, but they all twirl through space with a lighter-than-air quality. In the galleries: Artwork that’s designed to fail 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z His latest project is a lighter-than-air contraption he calls “a Cloud-cutter,” and, fortuitously, Wash is exactly the right weight to provide additional ballast to test the balloon’s viability. Review | In ‘Washington Black,’ a 19th-century slave escapes on a balloon 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z Koenig’s delicate, lighter-than-air vocals float through stirring melodies like feathers in a breeze. Vampire Weekend album celebrates urban life 2013-05-13T21:24:13Z He played with a brown animal print fit for safari, using it for a range of looks, from a lighter-than-air coat worn with a simple brown dress to a sleeveless evening sparkler. Model legends walk Sergio Hudson’s NY Fashion Week runway 2022-02-13T05:00:00Z Both are at a crossroads that this wonderful, lighter-than-air movie depicts as a major turning point. Review: In ‘Tu Dors Nicole,’ the Daughter Loafs While the Parents Are Away 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z The beginnings of lighter-than-air flight in 18th century Paris are recalled on a new episode of the science-based series "Nova." TV This Week Oct. 19 - 25: 'The Good Witch's Wonder' 2014-10-17T04:00:00Z At the time, the Navy used lighter-than-air ships for patrol and antisubmarine defense. Massive World War II-era blimp hangar burns in Southern California 2023-11-07T05:00:00Z Its balloon program could collapse if the United States decides to notify other countries when lighter-than-air vehicles are heading their way. Column: Chinese balloon is gone, but it's still making U.S.-China relations harder to manage 2023-02-12T05:00:00Z Helium is used for filling balloons and lighter-than-air craft because it does not burn, making it safer to use than hydrogen. Chemistry 2019-02-14T00:00:00Z “There can be no question that the tragic loss of the ‘Roma,’ following all too closely upon the disaster to ‘ZR-2,’ has raised doubt as to whether lighter-than-air ships are practicable and safe. 50, 100, 150 Years Ago: May 2022 2022-05-02T04:00:00Z ZeroAvia instead chose fuel cells, which are essentially a chemical battery that substitutes lighter-than-air hydrogen for the weighty lithium ion. Can Hydrogen Save Aviation’s Fuel Challenges? It’s Got a Way to Go. 2021-11-15T05:00:00Z Indeed, as global helium supplies dwindle and prices skyrocket, some enterprising physicists around the country hope to create a prototype of a "lighter-than-air" vacuum balloon that would effectively float using "nothing." As a helium shortage looms, "vacuum balloons" could save physics, medicine, and birthday parties 2020-09-27T04:00:00Z One of least known films in the festival, 1933’s “My Lips Betray,” is a lighter-than-air piece of fluff that starts the weekend off. 2019 UCLA Festival of Preservation offers a weekend of cinematic rarities and surprises 2019-02-12T05:00:00Z The Naval effort began as an exercise to prove the all-weather capabilities of lighter-than-air craft, part of an ongoing operation code named Meteor. York man piloted the longest nonstop blimp flight ever 2018-03-18T04:00:00Z The university maintains historical archives of local industries to include lighter-than-air flight. Blimp-loving collector donates memorabilia to Ohio college 2018-03-11T05:00:00Z Part ballerina, part butterfly, Medvedeva shattered her own world record for a short program with an exquisite, lighter-than-air program to Chopin’s “Nocturne.” It’s Alina Zagitova and Evgenia Medvedeva, then everybody else in Olympic short program 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z "Mr. Wilbur's lighter-than-air verse upholds the idiom and letter of Moliere, yet it also satisfies the demands of the stage." Pulitzer Prize-Winning Poet Richard Wilbur Dies at 96 2017-10-15T04:00:00Z “Mr. Wilbur’s lighter-than-air verse upholds the idiom and letter of Moliere, yet it also satisfies the demands of the stage.” Richard Wilbur, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, dies at 96 2017-10-15T04:00:00Z At night, they march with glowing lights, and thousands of lighter-than-air lanterns float into the sky. Where Buddhism’s Eight-Fold Path Can Be Followed With a Six-Figure Salary 2016-12-20T05:00:00Z If you haven’t already guessed, this is not a lighter-than-air beach read. New book spells out ‘The Secret History of Twin Peaks’ 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z According to an online Federal Aviation Administration database, Alfred G. Nichols of Chesterfield, Missouri, was medically certified to fly in July 1996 and was rated a commercial pilot of lighter-than-air balloons on July 14, 2010. The Latest: Balloon pilot had record of DWI in Missouri 2016-07-31T04:00:00Z One lighter-than-air model in development by LTA Aérostructures of Montreal would lower up to 70 tonnes of cargo to the ground, requiring only a mooring mast. Airships in the Arctic 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z Hybrid airships combine lighter-than-air lift with more conventional aircraft technology. A New Generation of Airships Is Born 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z Known as the Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor System, or JLENS, the blimp is technically an aerostat -- a term for a lighter-than-air craft that is tethered to the ground. The military lost control of a giant, unmanned surveillance blimp 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z A brief lesson in balloon lingo: The balloons Wyoming Balloon Company flies are technically called “lighter-than-air craft.” Sunrise connoisseurs: Balloon chasers enjoy morning work 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z Not the ones that resemble hockey pucks more than pastries, but those tender, lighter-than-air biscuits. Best biscuits ever? Check out these tips and tricks 2015-06-03T04:00:00Z The new iteration attempts to eliminate those questions and answer others, he said, including how lighter-than-air flight is used today. Conner Prairie overhauls balloon exhibit with eye on history 2015-02-01T05:00:00Z Durham appeared to feel the burden of being the one to usher in the age of lighter-than-air transport. A New Generation of Airships Is Born 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z But on Thanksgiving, the lighter-than-air element moves onto a much bigger stage. Helium: It gives NYC's Thanksgiving parade a lift 2014-11-25T05:00:00Z As he’s done in “Once,” and “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time,” he turns the un-lithe and the downright rotund into lighter-than-air expressions of dreamlike movement. Review: Sting’s ‘The Last Ship’ is thrilling stuff 2014-10-26T04:00:00Z "The practicalities of controlling lighter-than-air machines are well known because of the vagaries of the weather," said Prof Alan Woodward, visiting professor at the University of Surrey's department of computing. Google beams internet from balloons 2013-06-15T04:19:08Z And for many people, a vital element in arranging a party is sitting down with a cylinder of helium to fill dozens of balloons with the lighter-than-air gas. Helium balloons wrong - scientist 2012-09-21T16:58:02Z So transporting gloopy oil is far more profitable than shifting lighter-than-air gas. Energy Transfer bids for Sunoco: Put that in your pipe 2012-05-03T15:00:45Z Dominick, however, wished more than I did to see his lighter-than-air craft in all its glory. Life's Minor Collisions 2011-11-03T02:00:17.547Z Far safer than the Hindenburg, whose tragic 1937 docking remains an icon of aerospace gone wrong, these modern airships are a hybrid of lighter-than-air and fixed-wing aircraft. Is There a Future for Airships? 2011-05-03T15:15:00.653Z That part of an aviator’s training is usually confined to those who specialize in lighter-than-air craft, and Bill was a heavier-than-air pilot. Bill Bolton?Flying Midshipman 2011-04-14T02:00:39.800Z But gloomy types wonder if the profusion of highly valued internet start-ups with lighter-than-air business plans is evidence of a different kind of bubble. Internet start-ups: Another bubble? 2010-12-16T07:14:43Z Unlike the hot-air balloons of Verne's day and later, which go wherever the wind blows, blimps and zeppelins are lighter-than-air vessels powered by engines and propellers. Blimp Enthusiast Floats Idea of Round-the-World Race 2010-09-16T15:51:00Z And so completely was his personality interwoven with the creation of these aerial giants that throughout the world all dirigible lighter-than-air craft are looked upon as the noted Zeppelins, and are referred to as such. Zeppelin The Story of a Great Achievement "The Wright brothers invented the lighter-than-air ship early in the twentieth century," he said. The Lost Warship Mead’s prophesy was accurate except for his discounting the diesel’s role in lighter-than-air craft. The First Airplane Diesel Engine: Packard Model DR-980 of 1928 The story of the dirigibles of France and Germany is practically the whole story of the development to a reasonable degree of perfection of the lighter-than-air machine. Aircraft and Submarines The Story of the Invention, Development, and Present-Day Uses of War's Newest Weapons The lighter-than-air craft, which belonged first to the army and then to the navy, were a valuable link between the two wings. The War in the Air; Vol. 1 The Part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force His progress had been theirs in the new science of lighter-than-air engineering. Zeppelin The Story of a Great Achievement Before turning to the pioneer efforts in England and the pre-war organization of our air forces, some account of the development of the lighter-than-air dirigible is desirable. Aviation in Peace and War I should expect its first really practical installation to be in lighter-than-air craft.” The First Airplane Diesel Engine: Packard Model DR-980 of 1928 Not until the eighteenth century did the experimenters with lighter-than-air devices show any practical results. Aircraft and Submarines The Story of the Invention, Development, and Present-Day Uses of War's Newest Weapons The Zeppelin dirigible has come to be generally regarded as the one and only form of practical lighter-than-air type of aircraft. Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War The history of engineering does not record in any other science progress comparable to that of the relatively new science of lighter-than-air as represented by the Zeppelins during the four years of war. Zeppelin The Story of a Great Achievement Inevitably we saw that there must be some connection between this unprecedentedly heavy speck of material and that lighter-than-air gem of mystery. The Blind Spot In fairness to the Beardmore, it was the only one of the three engines designed for airship use, and part of its heaviness was due to the special requirements of lighter-than-air craft. The First Airplane Diesel Engine: Packard Model DR-980 of 1928 In the race for actual accomplishment the balloonists, the advocates of lighter-than-air machines, took the lead at first. Aircraft and Submarines The Story of the Invention, Development, and Present-Day Uses of War's Newest Weapons How then can a heavier-than-air machine triumph over the unwieldy lighter-than-air antagonist? Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War It is now known that all these accidents could have been avoided, in view of the progress that has been made in the science of lighter-than-air. Zeppelin The Story of a Great Achievement Not being built on a lighter-than-air principle, he failed to hold this undignified aerial pose for more than the tenth of a second. Further Adventures of Lad Both the lighter-than-air and the heavier than-air craft possess distinctive features and varying degrees of mobility. Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War But such visitations are more to be dreaded by the lighter-than-air than by the heavier-than-air machines. Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War The most successful of the German lighter-than-air machines are those known respectively as the semi rigid and non-rigid types, the best examples of which are the Gross and Parseval craft. Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War |
| 随便看 |
|
英语例句辞典收录了117811条英语例句在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词及词组的例句翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。