English Dictionary

jump jet

名詞

くだけた表現

(informal, military) A jet airplane with fixed wings that is capable of vertical takeoff and landing as well as hovering, and, in some cases, also capable of becoming airborne in a conventional manner by gaining airspeed on a runaway.

日本語の意味

垂直離着陸やホバリングが可能な固定翼を持つ軍用ジェット機。場合によっては、通常の離陸（滑走路で加速して飛び立つ方式）も可能な設計が採用されている。

The jump jet hovered over the carrier deck before switching to forward flight to rejoin the squadron.

その垂直離着陸可能なジェット機は、空母の甲板上でホバリングした後、前方飛行に移行して編隊に合流した。

意味（1）

(informal, military) A jet airplane with fixed wings that is capable of vertical takeoff and landing as well as hovering, and, in some cases, also capable of becoming airborne in a conventional manner by gaining airspeed on a runaway.

Yet, 24 of the 110 Harrier AV-8A jump jets, the British-built aircraft capable of leaping straight up from a carrier deck and then accelerating to more than 500 m.p.h., have crashed since the Marines first bought them seven years ago.

jump jets （ plural ）