blimp

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++

Related topics: Air

blimp /blɪmp/ noun [countable]  1. TTAa small airship (=type of aircraft without wings) 小型飞艇2. American English 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.

Related topics: Politics

Blimp (also Colonel Blimp) noun [countable] British English  PPsomeone, especially an old man, with old-fashioned political ideas – used to show disapproval 老顽固，老保守〔含贬义〕 —Blimpish adjectiveOrigin blimp (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

blimp nounBlimp nounChinese  

of a airship Corpus (=type aircraft small without

Blimp
Blimp (also ˌColonel ˈBlimp) noun [countable] British Englishsomeone, especially an old man, with old-fashioned political ideas – used to show disapproval
—Blimpish adjective

blimp
blimp /blɪmp/ noun [countable]1. a small airship (=type of aircraft without wings)
2. American English spoken not polite an offensive word for a very fat person

blimpBrE /blɪmp/ 🔊NAmE /blɪmp/ 🔊 noun(especially NAmE) a small airship (= an aircraft without wings) 软式飞艇 (also ˌColonel ˈBlimp) (old-fashioned, BrE, disapproving) an older person, especially an old army officer, with very old-fashioned political opinions 政见保守的老人（尤指年长的军官）▸ blimp·ish BrE /ˈblɪmpɪʃ/ 🔊NAmE /ˈblɪmpɪʃ/ 🔊 adjective