sound barrier
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++ˈsound ˌbarrier noun the sound barrier TTAHPthe sudden increase in air pressure against a vehicle, especially an aircraft, when it is travelling near the speed of sound 声障，音障break the sound barrier (=travel faster than the speed of sound) 突破音障
Examples from the Corpus
sound barrier• In 1979, Stanley Barrett broke the sound barrier on land.• Fast fighter jets -- many traveling within earshot of the sound barrier -- will headline the shows.• I've even taken an F-15 jet to within a whisker of the sound barrier.• At the time of his death Campbell was unsuccessfully seeking backers for a jet-driven car to go through the sound barrier.ˈsound ˌbarrier nounChineseSyllable
sudden Corpus in vehicle, pressure a against the increase air
sound barrier
ˈsound ˌbarrier
noun
the sound barrier the sudden increase in air pressure against a vehicle, especially an aircraft, when it is travelling near the speed of sound
break the sound barrier (=travel faster than the speed of sound)
ˈsound ˌbarrier
nounthe sound barrier the sudden increase in air pressure against a vehicle, especially an aircraft, when it is travelling near the speed of sound
break the sound barrier (=travel faster than the speed of sound)