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語源

From stick (“wooden two-bladed propeller”), possibly confounded with stick-like aircraft-engine throttles.

名詞

dead stick (複数形 dead sticks)

1. An unpowered propeller.

   I had to land with a dead stick.

2. (often used attributively) Failed aircraft power.

   The 767 made a miraculous dead stick landing at an abandoned Canadian airfield.

副詞

dead stick (not comparable)

1. Without aircraft-engine power.

   He landed dead stick.

動詞

dead stick (三人称単数 現在形 dead sticks, 現在分詞 dead sticking, 過去形および過去分詞形 dead sticked)

1. To fly, especially to land, an aircraft without power.

参考

• stick the landing