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全球最大飞行器开始首飞

文章来源：未知文章作者：enread 发布时间：2016-08-27 05:51 字体： [大中小]　进入论坛

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The maiden¹ flight of the world's longest aircraft has begun - after a previous attempt was abandoned at the last minute.

经历被迫临时取消预定的试飞计划之后，全球最大飞行器终于开始了它的首飞秀。

The Airlander 10 - which is part plane and part airship - took off from Cardington Airfield² in Bedfordshire.

Its original test flight was postponed³, but it finally left the ground at 19:40 BST.

The £25m aircraft measures 302ft (92m) long and is about 50ft (15m) longer than the biggest passenger jets.

The airship is not allowed to fly at night during the test stage.

Christened the Martha Gwyn, the aircraft was first developed for the US government as a surveillance aircraft but the project was shelved amid defence cutbacks.

British firm Hybrid⁴ Air Vehicles (HAV) launched a campaign to return the Airlander 10 to the skies in May 2015.

The huge aircraft will be able to stay airborne for around five days during manned flights.

HAV claims it could be used for a variety of functions such as surveillance, communications, delivering aid and even passenger travel.

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1 maiden
n.少女，处女；adj.未婚的，纯洁的，无经验的
参考例句：
The prince fell in love with a fair young maiden.王子爱上了一位年轻美丽的少女。 The aircraft makes its maiden flight tomorrow.这架飞机明天首航。

2 airfield
n.飞机场
参考例句：
The foreign guests were motored from the airfield to the hotel.用车把外宾从机场送到旅馆。 The airfield was seized by enemy troops.机场被敌军占领。

3 postponed
vt.& vi.延期，缓办，（使）延迟vt.把…放在次要地位；[语]把…放在后面（或句尾）vi.（疟疾等）延缓发作（或复发）
参考例句：
The trial was postponed indefinitely. 审讯无限期延迟。 The game has already been postponed three times. 这场比赛已经三度延期了。

4 hybrid
n.(动，植）杂种，混合物
参考例句：
That is a hybrid perpetual rose.那是一株杂交的四季开花的蔷薇。 The hybrid was tall,handsome,and intelligent.那混血儿高大、英俊、又聪明。

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