The flight path maintained by an aircraft awaiting permission to land.
待机航线（指飞机降落前在空中等待的飞行航线）
Example sentencesExamples
We had to go into a holding pattern and await a fighter escort.
Then after three and a half hours, near the tip of Greenland, radio orders put us in a holding pattern.
I'm going to miss out on the next Melbourne meetup too - if all goes well, when the gang gathers at the Gin Palace I'll be hovering somewhere over Tokyo in a holding pattern.
He planned to stack up all the heavies in a holding pattern to await further approach clearance when visibility increased.
We spent a long time going around in a circle holding pattern waiting for our turn to land.
But it was flying at 34,000 feet and turned south into a holding pattern over the island after passing over the airport.
At that point, thunderstorms forced the plane into a holding pattern.
Outgoing flights were cancelled and incoming flights put on a holding pattern.
After quick trouble shooting, the crew decided to execute a go-around and then enter the holding pattern in order to further analyze the situation.
The crew waited 18 seconds, the approximate gear transit time given by the Dash - 1, before entering a holding pattern at 2,000 feet.
The crew returned to home station and entered a holding pattern to assess their options and compute landing data.
Kept in a wide holding pattern after flying in from Honolulu, and while hoping for the storm to abate somewhat, it was later believed that the M - 130's captain thought he was somewhere over the Pacific.
Definition of holding pattern in US English:
holding pattern
nounˈhōldiNG ˈpadərnˈhoʊldɪŋ ˈpædərn
1The flight path maintained by an aircraft awaiting permission to land.
待机航线（指飞机降落前在空中等待的飞行航线）
Example sentencesExamples
But it was flying at 34,000 feet and turned south into a holding pattern over the island after passing over the airport.
The crew waited 18 seconds, the approximate gear transit time given by the Dash - 1, before entering a holding pattern at 2,000 feet.
He planned to stack up all the heavies in a holding pattern to await further approach clearance when visibility increased.
Outgoing flights were cancelled and incoming flights put on a holding pattern.
The crew returned to home station and entered a holding pattern to assess their options and compute landing data.
At that point, thunderstorms forced the plane into a holding pattern.
I'm going to miss out on the next Melbourne meetup too - if all goes well, when the gang gathers at the Gin Palace I'll be hovering somewhere over Tokyo in a holding pattern.
After quick trouble shooting, the crew decided to execute a go-around and then enter the holding pattern in order to further analyze the situation.
We had to go into a holding pattern and await a fighter escort.
Then after three and a half hours, near the tip of Greenland, radio orders put us in a holding pattern.
We spent a long time going around in a circle holding pattern waiting for our turn to land.
Kept in a wide holding pattern after flying in from Honolulu, and while hoping for the storm to abate somewhat, it was later believed that the M - 130's captain thought he was somewhere over the Pacific.
1.1A state or period of no progress or change.
stock markets settled down yesterday into a holding pattern