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单词 splashdown
释义 splashdown|ˈsplæʃdaʊn|
Also splash-down.
[f. splash- + down adv.]
The alighting of a spacecraft on the sea. Also transf.
1961Washington Post 5 May b2 They [sc. several warships] are strung out about 60 miles apart, and their mission is to retrieve Shepard after ‘splashdown’.Ibid. 6 May a1 The perfect flight, from lift-off to splash-down, lasted only 15 minutes.1968[see recovery fleet s.v. recovery 10].1968Guardian 28 Dec. 8/2 From launch to splashdown the Apollo-8 mission went entirely without hitch.1970N. Armstrong et al. First on Moon xiv. 347 The Navy's weathermen had predicted acceptable splash-down conditions.1978Times 1 Aug. 2/2 (caption) He [sc. a member of the crew of a balloon] hears the recording of their splashdown transmission.
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