drogue
/drəʊg/noun
1- a device, typically conical or funnel-shaped with open ends, towed behind a boat, aircraft, or other moving object to reduce speed or improve stability(飞机等的圆锥形)刹车伞, 稳定伞; (船的)浮锚, 拖锚。
1.1
- a similar object used as an aerial target for gunnery practice or as a windsock(射击练习用的)空中拖靶; 风(向)袋。
1.2
- (in tanker aircraft) a funnel-shaped part on the end of the hose into which a probe is inserted by an aircraft being refuelled in flight(空中加油机的)空中加油锥套, 漏斗形接头。
1.3
- short for DROGUE PARACHUTE.DROGUE PARACHUTE的简称。
词源
early 18th cent. (originally a whaling term denoting a piece of stout board attached to a harpoon line, used to slow down or mark the position of a harpooned whale): perhaps related to DRAG.