air pocket
- We had a bumpy flight because of air pocket.
我们的飞行甚为颠簸,因为遇到气穴。 - Company stock sometimes tur into air-pocket stock upon the news of the company's CEO's serious illne or death.
一旦公司总裁病重或去世的消息传出,其股票有时会变成气穴股票。 - Company stock sometimes turns into air-pocket stock upon the news of the company's CEO's serious illness or death.
一旦公司总裁病重或去世的消息传出,其股票有时会变成气穴股票。
air pocket[ noun ]
a local region of low pressure or descending air that causes a plane to lose height suddenly
<noun.phenomenon>
Air pocket \Air" pock"et\ (p[o^]k"[e^]t). (aeronautics)
A local region in the atmosphere having a downward movement
and offering less than normal support for the sustaining
surfaces of a flying machine, causing an airplane to drop
suddenly. Same as {air hole}.
[PJC.]
Air hole \Air" hole`\ ([^a]r" h[=o]l`).
1. A hole to admit or discharge air; specifically, a spot in
the ice not frozen over.
2. (Founding) A fault in a casting, produced by a bubble of
air; a blowhole.
3. (A["e]ronautics) A local region in the atmosphere having a
downward movement and offering less than normal support
for the sustaining surfaces of a flying machine, causing
an airplane to drop suddenly. Same as {air pocket}.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]