contrail

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con·trail /ˈkɒntreɪl $ ˈkɑːn-/ noun [countable]  TTAa line of white steam made in the sky by a plane 〔飞机在空中飞行留下的〕凝结尾流，拉烟

Examples from the Corpus

contrail• One figure-eight contrail created as part of a NASAfunded study was tracked by satellite for 10 hours last spring.• The complacent citizen looks up and sees a distant jet's contrails, whooshing along in impressive white streams.• Sometimes contrails evaporate quickly and disappear.• I gazed up at the withering contrail.Origin contrail (1900-2000) condensation trail

con·trail nounChineseSyllable  

white Corpus the by a steam of in line sky made

contrail
con‧trail /ˈkɒntreɪl $ ˈkɑːn-/ noun [countable]a line of white steam made in the sky by a plane