| 单词 | spaceplane |
| 释义 | > as lemmasspaceplane spaceplane n. Astronautics a reusable rocket-powered spacecraft resembling a winged aircraft, which lands like a conventional aircraft or glider; cf. shuttle n.1 8c.A spaceplane may be either a suborbital type that is lifted by a carrier aircraft before ascending further, or an orbital type that takes off vertically. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > [noun] > capable of entry into orbit spaceplane1957 society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > spacecraft > [noun] > which can make repeated journeys space shuttle1950 shuttle rocket1953 spaceplane1957 shuttle ship1959 shuttle1960 1957 Hammond (Indiana) Times 24 Dec. b8/2 Manned space planes and not missiles will determine victory in the next war. 1978 N.Y. Times Mag. 29 Jan. 26 Designed to take off like a rocket, fly in orbit like a spacecraft, and return to a runway landing like a glider, these huge spaceplanes are expected to make the near reaches of space more accessible than ever before. 1992 World Monitor Mar. 40/1 The H-2 is designed to give Japan independent means of lofting heavy satellites and space probes, and eventually, its own spaceplane named Hope. 2005 C. Stross Accelerando vi. 234 This is her first and final vacation before the Franklin Trust straps her inside the payload pod of a Shenzhou spaceplane and blasts her into orbit from Xinkiang. < as lemmas |
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