单词 | out of orbit |
释义 | > as lemmasout of orbit P1. out of orbit: out of a state of being or moving in an orbit. Also figurative. ΚΠ 1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits viii. 145 The bribes with which their vast colonial power has warped men out of orbit. 1916 A. Lowell Men, Women & Ghosts (1923) 135 The shuttlecock drops zigzagedly, Out of orbit, Hits the path, And rolls over quite still. 1942 Science 27 Nov. 8/2 The only thing that could explain the irregularities was the presence of a third object, close enough and massive enough to drag one or both slightly out of orbit by gravitational pull. 1959 Science 6 Nov. 1243/3 Two United States earth satellites have plunged out of orbit. 1976 Times 4 Sept. 4/3 The failure occurred just after the lander..prepared to fire a crucial rocket blast that would knock it out of orbit towards Mars. 1991 R. Banks Sweet Hereafter iii. 89 It's never been greed that sends me whirling out of orbit like that. 2001 UFO Mag. Jan. 12/1 One tanker rocket to supply fuel has already been set up to stop it [sc. the Mir space station] falling out of orbit. < as lemmas |
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