Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - jet
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1. n. & v. --n. 1 a stream of water, steam, gas, flame, etc. shot out esp. from a small opening. 2 a spout or nozzle for emitting water etc. in this way. 3 a a jet engine. b an aircraft powered by one or more jet engines. --v. (jetted, jetting) 1 intr. spurt out in jets. 2 tr. & intr. colloq. send or travel by jet plane. Phrases and idioms jet engine an engine using jet propulsion for forward thrust, esp. of an aircraft. jet lag extreme tiredness and other bodily effects felt after a long flight involving marked differences of local time. jet-propelled 1 having jet propulsion. 2 (of a person etc.) very fast. jet propulsion propulsion by the backward ejection of a high-speed jet of gas etc. jet set colloq. wealthy people frequently travelling by air, esp. for pleasure. jet-setter colloq. a member of the jet set. jet stream 1 a narrow current of very strong winds encircling the globe several miles above the earth. 2 the stream from a jet engine. Etymology: earlier as verb (in sense 1): F jeter throw ult. f. L jactare frequent. of jacere jact- throw 2. n. 1 a a hard black variety of lignite capable of being carved and highly polished. b (attrib.) made of this. 2 (in full jet-black) a deep glossy black colour. Etymology: ME f. AF geet, OF jaiet f. L gagates f. Gk gagates f. Gagai in Asia Minor
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French jaiet, from Latin gagates, from Greek gagatēs, from Gagas, town and river in Asia Minor Date: 14th century a compact velvet-black coal that takes a good polish and is often used for jewelry, an intense black, II. adjective Date: 1658 of the color ~, III. verb (~ted; ~ting) Etymology: French ~er, literally, to throw, from Old French, from Latin jactare to throw, frequentative of jacere to throw; akin to Greek hienai to send Date: 1692 intransitive verb to spout forth ; gush, transitive verb to emit in a stream ; spout, IV. noun Date: circa 1696 1. a. a usually forceful stream of fluid (as water or gas) discharged from a narrow opening or a nozzle, a narrow stream of material (as plasma) emanating or appearing to emanate from a celestial object (as a radio galaxy), a nozzle for a ~ of fluid, something issuing as if in a ~ , 3. ~ engine, an airplane powered by one or more ~ engines, a long narrow current of high-speed winds (as a ~ stream), ~like adjective V. intransitive verb (~ted; ~ting) Date: 1949 to travel by ~ airplane, to move or progress by or as if by ~ propulsion ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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