| 单词 | splashdown |
| 释义 | splashdown[ splash-doun ] / ˈsplæʃˌdaʊn / SEE SYNONYMS FOR splashdown ON THESAURUS.COM nounthe landing of a space vehicle in a body of water, especially the ocean: The footage of Apollo 11's splashdown was seen by millions across the United States. the exact place where such a landing is made: The splashdown is expected to be American Samoa. the time of such a landing: The splashdown was 2:04 p.m. verb phrase splash down [splash-doun] /ˈsplæʃ ˈdaʊn/(of a spacecraft or an astronaut) to land in a body of water, especially the ocean: The crew of Expedition 55 splashed down in the Pacific exactly as predicted at 10:43 this morning. Origin of splashdownFirst recorded in 1955–60; splash + down1 Words nearby splashdownsplanchnotribe, splash, splashback, splashboard, splash dam, splashdown, splasher, splash erosion, splash guard, splash out, splashy Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for splashdown
British Dictionary definitions for splashdownsplashdown / (ˈsplæʃˌdaʊn) / nounthe controlled landing of a spacecraft on water at the end of a space flight the time scheduled for this event verb splash down(intr, adverb) (of a spacecraft) to make a splashdown Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with splashdownsplash down Land in water, as in The spacecraft splashed down within a few hundred yards of the pickup point. The splash in this idiom alludes to the impact of a solid body on water. [c. 1960] The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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