| 单词 |
Montgolfier |
| 释义 |
Montgolfier (mɒntˈgɒlfɪə(r); Fr. mɔ̃gɔlfje) Also erron. mongolfier. [The name of the brothers J. M. and J. E. Montgolfier of Annonay (Ardèche), France, who invented the apparatus. In Fr. the Montgolfier balloon is called by the derivative name montgolfière fem., which has sometimes been adopted by Eng. writers.] A balloon raised by heated air instead of gas; a ‘fire-balloon’. (More fully Montgolfier balloon.) The first voyage made in a Montgolfier balloon was by Pilatre de Rozier, 21 Nov. 1783.
1784–5Ann. Reg. 329 He made a small balloon filled with inflammable air..suspended to which was an enormous Montgolfier (a balloon of rarified air). 1785Ibid., Principal Occur. 39/1 A Montgolfier, or fire-balloon. 1849Sir G. Head Rome I. 46 A huge paper ‘Montgolfier’, or fire balloon. 1860Chamb. Encycl. I. 646/2 The longest voyage ever executed in a Montgolfière. 1866Brande & Cox Dict. Sci. etc., Mongolfier Balloon, a balloon filled with atmospheric air..dilated by heat. |
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