touch down

• Verbo frasal usado para indicar o pouso de uma aeronave ou espaçonave, ou, no esporte (futebol americano/rugby), marcar um touchdown ao levar a bola até a zona de pontuação adversária.

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.

incontável · intransitivo · phrasal, sem objeto

1. Landing of aircraftformal

   When an aircraft lands on the ground or a runway.

   Aterrissagem

   • 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.

   Sinônimosalightcome inlandput downset down

   Antônimosdeparttake off

2. Score in American footballinformalamerican

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

   Fazer um 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.

   Sinônimosscore

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