blimp: [20] The original blimp was a sort of small non-rigid military airship used in World War I. Its name is said to have come from its official designation as ‘type B (limp)’ (as opposed to ‘type A (rigid)’). Its rotund flaccidity suggested it in 1934 to the cartoonist David Low (1891– 1963) as a name for a character he had invented, a fat pompous ex-army officer (in full, Colonel Blimp) who was always cholerically airing reactionary views. The British public evidently recognized the character as an all too common type, and his name became a generic one, to the extent of inspiring spin-offs such as blimpish.
blimp (n.)
1916, of obscure origin, many claimants. "One of the weird coinages of the airmen" [Weekley]. Common theory is that it is from designers' prototype nickname Type B-limp, in the sense of "without internal framework," as opposed to Type A-rigid; thus see limp (adj.).
实用例句
1. The nonrigid helium - filled Blimp was principally developed by Alberto Santos - Dumont ( 1873 - 1932 ) .
软式充填氦气的飞船主要是由桑托斯- 杜蒙特 发展改进.
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2. The gray oval is a blimp.
灰色椭圆形是小型飞船.
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3. Scientists in the blimp did not see anything.
小飞艇上的科学家什么也没看见.
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4. Have a blimp! See you next summer.
祝你走运! 明年夏天再见.
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5. A : Man, look at that blimp! His forearms are almost twice the size of my thighs.