jet engine

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ˌjet ˈengine noun [countable]  TTAan engine that pushes out a stream of hot air and gases behind it, used in aircraft 喷气发动机 → rocket engine →5 see picture at 见图 plane1

Examples from the Corpus

jet engine• When a resultant is radial, the body can take off, like a rocket or a jet engine.• A jet engine can take up to six seconds to spool up.• In fact the improvement statistics in our jet engine shops were even more remarkable.

ˌjet ˈengine nounChineseSyllable  

of engine pushes Corpus out an that air a hot stream

jet engine
ˌjet ˈengine noun [countable]
an engine that pushes out a stream of hot air and gases behind it, used in aircraft ⇨ rocket engine

jet engineBrE /ˌdʒet ˈendʒɪn/ 🔊NAmE /ˌdʒet ˈendʒɪn/ 🔊 noun

an engine that drives an aircraft forwards by pushing out a stream of gases behind it 喷气式发动机