单词 | rocket engine |
释义 | > as lemmasrocket engine rocket engine n. an engine used to propel a rocket; spec. one in which all the materials for combustion are carried as propellants, and no atmospheric air is used; cf. sense 3.A distinction is sometimes made between a rocket engine, as using liquid propellants, and a rocket motor, as using solid ones. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > internal-combustion engine > [noun] > rocket rocket engine1908 rocket motor1927 rocket tube1932 1908 H. S. Maxim Artificial & Nat. Flight Pref. p. vi Up to that time, he [sc. N. A. Otto] had been making a species of rocket engine—that is, an engine in which an explosive mixture shot the piston upward and then sucked it back. 1931 Jrnl. Royal Aeronaut. Soc. 35 34 The fuel loading for rocket engines is a different matter from that of an engine of the explosion type. 1971 P. J. McMahon Aircraft Propulsion x. 294 The convention of speaking of liquid fuel rocket engines but of solid fuel rocket motors is established in Britain. 1972 Guinness Bk. Records 128/2 The car was powered by a liquid natural gas/hydrogen peroxide rocket engine delivering 22,000 lb. s.t. maximum and thus theoretically capable of 900 m.p.h. 2004 B. Harvey China's Space Program viii. 229 The Chinese have not marketed their rocket engines in the west, as the Russians have. < as lemmas |
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