holding pattern

英 美
  • 等待航线
  • holding n.股份;耕地;举行;收藏品动词hold的现在分词形式.
  • pattern n.模式;图案;典范;式样v.以图案装饰;仿造;模仿
Noun:
  1. a state of inaction with no progress and no change;

    "you should go into a holding pattern until he gets over his disappointment"

  2. the flight path (usually circular) maintained by an aircraft that is awaiting permission to land