takeoff
英 ['teɪkɒf]
美 ['tekɔf]
英語の語源
- 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.
例文
- 1. Discovery 's takeoff this morning from Cape Canavelal was flawless.「ディスカバリー」号は今朝、カナベラル角から順調に打ち上げられた。
- 2.The aircraft crashed after takeoff from Heathrow in a reservoir.
- 飛行機はヒースロー空港を離陸した後、ダムに墜落した。
- 3.The commuter plane was waiting for takeoff .
- 通勤機が離陸を待っている。
- 4.She does a marvellous takeoff of the Queen.
- 女王を学ぶ彼女の姿は真に迫っている。
- 5.The plane crashed shortly after takeoff .
- 飛行機は離陸直後に墜落した。
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