drogue
drogue
[drəʊg]
noun
[drəʊg]
noun
- a device, typically conical or funnel-shaped with open ends, towed behind a boat, aircraft, or other moving object to reduce speed or improve stability
（飞机等的）锥形刹车伞，制动伞；（船的）浮锚，拖锚
■a similar object used as an aerial target for gunnery practice or as a windsock
锥形拖靶；风（向）袋
■(in tanker aircraft) a funnel-shaped part on the end of the hose into which a probe is inserted by an aircraft being refuelled in flight
（用于空中加油的）锥形管
■short for drogue parachute
drogue parachute 的简称
- early 18th cent. (originally a whaling term denoting a piece of stout board attached to a harpoon line, used to slow down or mark the position of a harpooned whale): perhaps related to drag
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