touch down

• Verbe à particule utilisé pour désigner l'atterrissage, en particulier d'un avion ou d'un engin spatial, ou dans le sport (football américain/rugby) pour désigner un essai (touchdown).

A phrasal verb used to indicate the act of landing, especially of an aircraft or spacecraft, or in sports (American football/rugby) to score a touchdown.

indénombrable · intransitif · phrasal, sans objet

1. Landing of aircraftformal

   When an aircraft lands on the ground or a runway.

   Toucher le sol (atterrissage)

   • The plane touched down smoothly at the airport.
   • We are scheduled to touch down in London at 3 PM.
   • The pilot announced that we would touch down in ten minutes.

   Synonymesalightcome inlandput downset down

   Antonymesdeparttake off

2. Score in American footballinformalamerican

   To score a touchdown by carrying the ball into the opponent's end zone.

   marquer un touchdown

   • The quarterback ran the ball and touched down for a score.
   • He touched down in the final seconds of the game.
   • The team celebrated after touching down twice in the first quarter.

   Synonymesscore

Verbe de basetouch