Meanings
plural superjets
- A jet aircraft with some superior quality, such as large size or high speed.
My souped-up superjet blew a gasket just as I was ready to take off, so I took it to a highly recommended repair shop known as "Mourdock's Murderous Mechanics".
1953, Haskins High School, Crigo, Middleton Local High School, page 142 more examples
Raymond H. Dietrich, assistant to the preisden of Checker Bab Mfg. Co., told the styling session that "elegant simplicity" means that cares should look like "something meant for the highway, not like ocean liners, motor boats or superjet pursuit planes.".
1947, Mr. Yorick, Automotive News: Volume 23, Issue 3106, Crain Communications, Incorporated, page 2The President rightly suggests that this money come, not from the general taxpayer, but from the users of the service — from the airlines and their passengers. In the long run, this means that the economies promised by the new superjetswill be offset by higher landing fees, taxes on Jet fuel, and the like. The new planes will enable the airlines to absorb some higher costs, but expected cuts in air fares probably will not materialize, and higher fares may be required.
1967, United States Congress, Congressional Record, page 4829
Origin
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 超音速噴氣機 /超音速喷气机
- 超音速噴氣機 /超音速喷气机 (chāoyīnsù pēnqìjī)jet aircraft with some superior quality
Finnish superjetti
- superjettijet aircraft with some superior quality
Japanese スーパージェット
- スーパージェット (sūpājetto)jet aircraft with some superior quality
Russian сверхзвуково́й реакти́вный самолёт, супердже́т
- сверхзвуково́й реакти́вный самолёт (sverxzvukovój reaktívnyj samoljót)jet aircraft with some superior quality
- супердже́т (superdžét)jet aircraft with some superior quality
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