| 单词 | space elevator |
| 释义 | > as lemmasspace elevator space elevator n. any of various proposed structures extending from the earth upwards for many miles as a means of transporting materials into space, esp. one consisting of a tether linked to a geosynchronous satellite orbiting the earth; cf. orbital tower n. at orbital adj. and n. Compounds 2, sky-hook n. 1a. ΚΠ 1975 A. C. Clarke in Future Space Programs 1975: Hearings (U.S. Congr. House Comm. Sci. & Technol.) 198 Imagine my surprise when I saw that the Russians had come up with the same idea quite independently—the Space Elevator. 1979 A. C. Clarke Fountains of Paradise 51 At last we can build the Space Elevator—or the Orbital Tower, as I prefer to call it. 2004 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 29 Apr. 40/2 Meanwhile the high cost of getting from the Earth to low orbit could be avoided by building a space elevator—essentially a cable attached to the ground at the bottom and to a geosynchronous satellite at the top. < as lemmas |
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