A jet aircraft that can take off and land vertically, without need of a runway.
垂直起降喷气机
Example sentencesExamples
But in the mountains of Afghanistan often all it takes for insurgents to take to their heels is the appearance of a Harrier jump jet screaming overhead.
In the skies above Devon and Cornwall, 800 Naval Air Squadron's Commanding Officer Cdr Paul Stone took up his jump jet for almost the last time.
‘This is new in the way that helicopters were new or Harrier jump jets were new,’ he said.
The Royal Air Force and Royal Navy are to get the world's most advanced supersonic jump jets to replace the Sea Harrier aircraft, it was announced yesterday.
‘The Marines are desperate to replace their Harrier jump jet, which is old and tired,’ says Blackwell.
Definition of jump jet in US English:
jump jet
nounˈˌjəmp ˈˌjetˈˌdʒəmp ˈˌdʒɛt
A jet aircraft that can take off and land vertically, without need of a runway.
垂直起降喷气机
Example sentencesExamples
In the skies above Devon and Cornwall, 800 Naval Air Squadron's Commanding Officer Cdr Paul Stone took up his jump jet for almost the last time.
The Royal Air Force and Royal Navy are to get the world's most advanced supersonic jump jets to replace the Sea Harrier aircraft, it was announced yesterday.
But in the mountains of Afghanistan often all it takes for insurgents to take to their heels is the appearance of a Harrier jump jet screaming overhead.
‘This is new in the way that helicopters were new or Harrier jump jets were new,’ he said.
‘The Marines are desperate to replace their Harrier jump jet, which is old and tired,’ says Blackwell.