English Dictionary

strangle the parrot

IPA（発音記号）

/ˌstɹæŋɡ(ə)l ðə ˈpæɹət/

動詞

慣用表現 俗語

(idiomatic, aviation, slang) To switch off the transponder (“a radar or radio transceiver that transmits some signal in response to receiving a predetermined signal”) of an aircraft, for example, because it is interfering with the radar system.

日本語の意味

航空機のトランスポンダー（レーダー用信号応答装置）を、レーダー干渉を避ける目的で意図的にオフにする行為

During the holding pattern, the captain decided to strangle the parrot because the aircraft's intermittent signal was corrupting the approach controller's radar.

待機旋回中、機長はトランスポンダを停止することに決めた。航空機の断続的な信号が進入管制のレーダーを乱していたからだ。

意味（1）

(idiomatic, aviation, slang) To switch off the transponder (“a radar or radio transceiver that transmits some signal in response to receiving a predetermined signal”) of an aircraft, for example, because it is interfering with the radar system.

If you fly jets, you know what it means to strangle the parrot (turning off the transponder that identifies aircraft as friendly or hostile) and that the howgozit is a dial that shows how much fuel is left.

strangles the parrot （ present singular third-person ）

strangling the parrot （ participle present ）

strangled the parrot （ participle past ）

strangled the parrot （ past ）