释义 |
air lockˈair lock noun [countable] - Finally, they were let through an air lock guarded by massive metal doors into the reactor structure.
- Gripping a hand rail, she waited for the door of the air lock to open.
- Through the air lock she went, down the metal steps, and out on to the Moon's dusty surface.
► Spaceaerospace, nounair lock, nounalien, adjectivealien, nounastronaut, nounblast-off, nounbooster, nounburnout, nouncapsule, nouncommand module, nouncontrol, nouncosmonaut, nouncraft, noundock, verbescape velocity, nounextraterrestrial, nounflight, nounflying saucer, nounlauncher, nounlaunch pad, nounlife support system, nounlift-off, nounlunar, adjectivemission control, nounmodule, nounmother ship, nounNASA, nounnosecone, nounouter space, nounpod, nounprobe, nounremote sensing, nounrocket, nounship, nounshuttle, nounsoft landing, nounspace capsule, nounspacecraft, nounspaceman, nounspace probe, nounspaceship, nounspace shuttle, nounspace station, nounspacesuit, nounspacewalk, nounsplashdown, nountouchdown, nountracking station, nounUFO, noununmanned, adjective 1a small room used for moving between two places that do not have the same air pressure, for example in a spacecraft2a small amount of air in a pipe that stops liquid flowing through it |