During the Korean War, a probe-and-drogue system was developed. 在朝鲜战争期间,出现了一套探头锥管系统。
The pilot guides the probe into the drogue to make the connection. 飞行员将探头插入锥管完成连接。
At the end of the hose is a funnel-shaped drogue, a basket that resembles an oversized shuttlecock. 软管的末端是一个漏斗状的锥管,一个类似特大号羽毛球的篮子。
drogue
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a funnel-shaped device towed as a target by an airplane
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a truncated cloth cone mounted on a mast; used (e.g., at airports) to show the direction of the wind
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restraint consisting of a canvas covered frame that floats behind a vessel; prevents drifting or maintains the heading into a wind
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a parachute used to decelerate an object that is moving rapidly
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Drogue \Drogue\ (dr[=o]g), n. 1. (Naut.) See {Drag}, n., 6, and {Drag sail}, under {Drag}, n.
2. a small parachute dragged behind a vehicle as a means of stabilizing it, or deployed first so as to assist opening of a larger parachute. [PJC]
3. a funnel-shaped attachment at the end of a hose suspended from a tanker airplane in flight, to which the probe of another airplane may connect, so as to complete a connecting hose line through which fuel may be transferred from the tanker to the following airplane. It is used for in-flight refueling. [PJC]
parachute \par"a*chute\, v. i. TO descend to th ground from an airplane or other high place using a parachute; as, when the plane stalled, he parachuted safely to the ground. [PJC]
{golden parachute} a generous set of financial benefits, including severance pay, provided by contract to a high-level corporate employee in the event s/he is dismissed or his/her job is lost in a corporate takeover or merger; also, the contract providing for such benefits.
{drogue parachute} a small parachute that is first released and opened in order to more reliably deploy a larger parachute. Also called {drogue}. [PJC]