| 单词 | umbilical tower | 
| 释义 | > as lemmasumbilical tower  (a) Astronautics. A cable or other linking device supplying essential liquid or electrical services; spec. the connection between a guided missile and its launching equipment, or that joining a space-walking astronaut to his craft. Similarly  umbilical connection,  umbilical pipe,  umbilical tower, etc. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > guided or ballistic missile > 			[noun]		 > part of missile proximity fuse1940 umbilical cord1948 society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > spacecraft > parts of spacecraft > 			[noun]		 > linking device for supplies umbilical cord1948 society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > spacecraft > parts of spacecraft > 			[noun]		 > personal equipment used by astronauts space gun1929 spacewalker1930 umbilical cord1948 backpack1966 MOOSE1966 1948    Gloss. Guided Missile Terms 		(U.S. Research & Development Board)	 69  				Umbilical cord, a cable fitted with a quick disconnect plug at the missile end, through which missile equipment is controlled and tested while missile is still attached to launching equipment or parent plane. 1958    Times 1 Mar. 6/3  				The ‘umbilical pipes’ through which liquid oxygen was being pumped to top up its [sc. the missile's] fuel tanks. 1959    Manch. Guardian 3 Jan. 5  				The ‘umbilical cord’ is a widely detachable cable through which the missile is powered and controlled while still on its ‘ivory tower’. 1962    J. Glenn in  J. Glenn et al.  Into Orbit 188  				A special countdown started for dropping the umbilical cord which had been providing external power and cooling for the capsule until now. 1963    Times 31 May 19/4  				The Apollo spacecraft and the three-stage Saturn MK.5 launch vehicle will be erected in the vertical position, together with the umbilical tower on a fabricated base. 1966    Daily Tel. 12 Oct. 21/5  				The value of the umbilical tether employed on all space walks so far is being questioned. 1967    Economist 23 Dec. 1237/2 		(caption)	  				That grip of gold: umbilical cord linking astronaut to his space ship. 1970    N. Armstrong  et al.  First on Moon vii. 147  				We can see the LM umbilical connection quite well. < as lemmas  | 
	
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