| 单词 | space debris |
| 释义 | > as lemmasspace debris space debris n. natural and man-made debris floating in space, esp. in earth orbit (cf. space junk n.). ΚΠ 1931 Astounding Stories Sept. 393/1 The three in the pilot-house could see that around and between the ships of the wreck-pack floated much other matter—fragments of wreckage, meteors, small and large, and space-debris of every sort. 1953 Fresno (Calif.) Bee 27 Dec. 8 a/4 Nobody knows how many comets may be emerging from his [sc. Oort's] reservoir of space debris, but their numbers could run into the millions. 1988 B. Mukherjee in M. Atwood Best Amer. Short Stories 1989 (1989) 230 At least they've stopped talking about space debris and Russian lasers. 2007 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 3 June iv. 2/2 Scientists consider space debris, which includes discarded rocket parts and small rocks, to be the biggest threat to the space station. < as lemmas |
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