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单词 blimp
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  • Although travel in commercial airships with solid frames was stopped after the Hindenburg accident, a similar type of airship, known as a blimp, is still made and flown to this day.
  • Because of its large size and slow speed, the blimp can be easily seen floating above cities with its huge Goodyear sign on the side of the balloon.
  • In total, there are fewer than 50 blimps in the world today.
  • While the cigar-shaped balloon looks similar to the old solid-frame airships, the blimp’s balloon body has no frame and is kept in shape by air pressure.
  • If the "Zeppelin" be excepted, the blimp is the most highly-developed and scientific heavier-than-air flying machine ever devised.
  • In effect, the blimp is a combination of balloon and aeroplane.
  • In order to hold whatever position in the air may be desired, the blimp is equipped with two horizontal fins and three vertical fins.
  • It was believed to be an American blimp, though the darkness—it was eleven at night—prevented observers from being sure.
  • The blimp's "car" carries an electric storage battery to furnish lights.

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Three blimps stayed in formation while performing a raster scan.
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Insects were caught in a tapering net suspended several metres below an aerodynamically shaped, helium-filled balloon (blimp) attached to a lightweight motorized winch.
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I quite agree with my noble friend regarding blimps.
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Then first one chap wants a "bubble"on there, another wants a"blimp"stuck on there, and someone else wants a"bloater" stuck on somewhere else.
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I am not an oldblimpwho thinks that we should keep up forces for the sake of our imperial past.
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That was so that theblimpimage should be destroyed.
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I must remind him that "blimps" were never naval officers.
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With a stated cost of $400,000 per month, supporters raised enough money to keep theblimpafloat for about six weeks.
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The helium is maintained under low pressure, so small punctures do not pose serious consequences for theblimp.
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These include orbiters, balloons, blimps, airships, and ground-based vehicles such as rovers and landers as well as sensor webs.
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The newsreel footage has had a news crawl featuring the three news items superimposed over the zeppelin to make it look like a modernblimp.
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When he gets back, he visits the dealership, and ends up coming home with ablimp.
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The blimps feature internal lights and translucent envelopes for the advertising and sales promotion markets.
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Ablimpmarketing the gum was also seen in a third cutscene in the game featuring the gum's logo.
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Blimps are the most commonly built airships because they are relatively easy to build and easy to transport once deflated.
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