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单词 unobtainium
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Definition of unobtainium in US English:

unobtainium

(also unobtanium)
noun ˌənəbˈtānēəmˌənəbˈtānēəm
informal
  • A highly desirable material that is hypothetical, scientifically impossible, extremely rare, costly, or fictional, or has some of these properties in combination.

    what type of cabling are we talking about, steel, composite, unobtainium?
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Indeed, the claims made for this technology sometimes make it sound like the legendary aerospace material ‘unobtainium.’
    • ‘It's made of carbon, aluminium, titanium,’ he revealed, before, perhaps sensing that his audience wasn't suitably impressed, adding: ‘and, er, unobtainium.’
    • But the Japanese 8mm Nambu cartridge might as well have been made of unobtainium.
    • Veteran space industry analyst John Pike, director of GlobalSecurity.org, likes to joke that the required substance should be dubbed ‘unobtainium.’
 
 

Definition of unobtainium in US English:

unobtainium

(also unobtanium)
nounˌənəbˈtānēəm
informal
  • A highly desirable material that is hypothetical, scientifically impossible, extremely rare, costly, or fictional, or has some of these properties in combination.

    what type of cabling are we talking about, steel, composite, unobtainium?
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Indeed, the claims made for this technology sometimes make it sound like the legendary aerospace material ‘unobtainium.’
    • ‘It's made of carbon, aluminium, titanium,’ he revealed, before, perhaps sensing that his audience wasn't suitably impressed, adding: ‘and, er, unobtainium.’
    • Veteran space industry analyst John Pike, director of GlobalSecurity.org, likes to joke that the required substance should be dubbed ‘unobtainium.’
    • But the Japanese 8mm Nambu cartridge might as well have been made of unobtainium.
 
 
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