Dictionary entry
Touchdown
Pronunciation: /ˈtʌtʃdaʊn/
Pronunciation
/ˈtʌtʃdaʊn/
Myanmar Meaning
လေယာဉ်မြေပေါ်သို့ ဆင်းခြင်း။
Definition
touchdown /'tʌtʃdaƱn/ n ၁။ ေလယာဥ္ေျမေပၚသို႔ ဆင္းျခင္း။ ၂။ (in American football) တစ္ဖက္ဂိုးစည္းကို ထိေအာင္၊ ေက်ာ္ေအာင္ ေဘာလံုးကို သယ္ယူ သြားျခင္းျဖင့္ ရေသာ အမွတ္။
Examples
- ‘On touchdown
- all three landing gears were sheared and the aircraft underside was substantially damaged.’
- ‘After touchdown
- the aircraft's drag chute malfunctioned during deployment.’
- ‘The model's tough
- trailing link gear system absorbs most reasonable impacts and even some unreasonable ones to smooth the most ham-handed touchdowns.’
- ‘Grandma remarked that she didn't even feel our touchdown and would fly with me anywhere.’
- ‘The copilot watered my eyes with an excellent landing; and at touchdown
- CITS flagged the anti-skid system.’
- ‘After the second touchdown
- the aircraft began to track to the left and the left wing tip contracted the terrain.’
- ‘The shuttle was on its way home at last
- and fast approaching its designated landing site with 10 minutes left until touchdown.’
- ‘In addition
- don't forget about the wind: The more wind there is
- the better off you'll be because of the slower touchdown.’
- ‘After a smooth touchdown
- the Fort rolled down the runway.’
- ‘From letdown to touchdown
- settling the airplane on the runway is a true art.’
- ‘At touchdown
- the platform securely captures the landing gear and then lowers the fighter to the mother ship's backbone.’
- ‘As the aircraft approached touchdown
- I hoped for the best
- feared for the worst
- and quietly
- crossed my fingers.’
- ‘Don't just fly the aircraft to touchdown; fly it to your parking spot.’
- ‘I keep the trim moving and the power up to try to cushion the actual touchdown
- and most of my landings are acceptable
- if not always worth bragging about.’
- ‘It was only a few short moments before touchdown that disaster struck.’
- ‘The gear lights came on just before touchdown as the aircraft firmly settled to the runway at full power.’
- ‘Tailwinds produce excessive rolling speeds prior to lifting off and following touchdown.’
- ‘Swiss
- American and Belgian airlines made regular touchdowns at the airport.’
- ‘I said we required immediate landing and assistance on touchdown.’
- ‘The pilot gets into a small bit of leftover wake turbulence
- the rental aircraft wobbles just before touchdown and a wingtip catches the runway.’