释义 |
unˈstuck, ppl. a. [un-1 8 b.] a. to come unstuck, to come to grief: see come v. 25 d. b. to get unstuck, come, etc., unstuck (Aeronaut.), to get into the air, to take off: cf. unstick v. 2.
1913A. E. Berriman Aviation xvi. 157 It is not easy to acquire a proper flight-speed while trying to rise from the water, and it is only with considerable difficulty that pilots are able to get some machines ‘unstuck’. 1920Flight 17 June 639/2 The machine had a very low landing⁓speed, got ‘unstuck’ after a very short run, and was very easy to fly. 1934Ibid. 8 Feb. 121/2 No one seeing her for the first time would have expected her to come unstuck so quickly as she did. 1958‘N. Shute’ Rainbow & Rose viii. 295 We came unstuck at the fourth flare. 1979Truck & Bus Transportation Apr. 16/3 With the motors running at high pitch, the end of the asphalt loomed up very quickly and with a deft flick of the wrist by the ‘skipper’ the aircraft became ‘unstuck’ just in time. |