| 词汇 | blimp |
| 释义 | blimpWord family adjectiveblimpishnounblimpblimpishness Air blimp /blɪmp/ noun [countableC] 1. TTAa small airship (=type of aircraft without wings) 小型飞艇 2. American EnglishAmE spoken not polite an offensive word for a very fat person 胖子，肥佬 Examples from the Corpus blimp• Even American Blimp Corp. needs ground crews of seven to land its smallest blimp, and more for larger blimps.• It is drawbacks like these that have kept blimps from catching on as anything but lovable advertising novelties.• That means no blimp, plane or helicopter goes anywhere in the area without air-traffic controllers' approval.• The blue-rinsed dame and the bottle-nosed blimp are extinct species here.• The Gollancz scandal, as the blimps thought of it, was widely known.• But the Navy did manage to get some mileage out of the blimp, at one point running a fleet of 119. Politics Blimp (also Colonel Blimp) noun [countableC] British EnglishBrE PPsomeone, especially an old man, with old-fashioned political ideas – used to show disapproval 老顽固，老保守〔含贬义〕 —Blimpish adjectiveadj (1900-2000) Perhaps from 'Type B-limp', official name given to an airship without an inner frame Blimp (1900-2000) Colonel Blimp, a cartoon character invented by David Low |
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