astronaut
英 ['æstrənɔːt]
美['æstrə'nɔt]
- n. 宇航员，航天员；太空旅行者
词态变化
复数: astronauts;
助记提示
1、astro- + naut-.
中文词源
astronaut 宇航员
词根astro, 星。词根naut, 航行，见nautical, 航海的。
英文词源
- astronaut (n.)
- coined 1929 in science fiction, popularized from 1961 by U.S. space program, from astro- + nautes "sailor" (see naval). French astronautique (adj.) had been coined 1927 by "J.H. Rosny," pen name of Belgian-born science fiction writer Joseph Henri Honoré Boex (1856-1940) on model of aéronautique, and Astronaut was used in 1880 as the name of a fictional spaceship by English writer Percy Greg (1836-1889) in "Across the Zodiac."
双语例句
- 1. The astronaut was welcomed with joyous , resounding acclaim.
- 人们欢声雷动地迎接那位宇航员.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 2. The rocket boosts the astronaut into space.
- 这火箭能把宇航员送入太空.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. Astronaut Pierre Thuot tried to latch the 15-foot robotic arm onto the satellite.
- 宇航员皮埃尔·索特想要把这个长15英尺的机械手安到人造卫星上。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. The fifth objective, was astronaut training, mainly a useful byproduct of the program.
- 计划的第五个目标是训练宇航员, 这主要还是一个有用的附带结果.
来自英汉非文学 - 科学史
- 5. Neil Armstrong is the first astronaut to walk on the moon.
- 尼尔·阿姆斯特朗是第一位在月球漫步的宇航员.
来自辞典例句