词汇 | eggbeater |
释义 | eggbeater noun 1 a single-rotor helicopter. Coined well before the war in Korea, but used extensively by US forces in Korea US, 1936. 2 a twin-engine training plane US, 1946. 3 an oldish, not very powerful motor car. An affectionate usage UK, 1981. 4 a small outboard motor for a boat US, 1942. 5 a paddle skier. The skier sits on a small bulbous canoe and paddles into the surf using paddles. His whirring repetitive paddling motion, especially when gaining speed to catch a wave, resembles an eggbeater SOUTH AFRICA, 2003. 6 a bad head-over-skis fall while skiing US, 1963 |
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