astronautn.

Brit.

/ˈastrənɔːt/, U.S.

/ˈæstrəˌnɔt/,

/ˈæstrəˌnɑt/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: astro- comb. form, -naut comb. form.

Etymology: < astro- comb. form + -naut comb. form, after aeronaut n.

†1. A (fictional) spacecraft. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > spacecraft > [noun]

astronaut1880

spaceship1880

liner1905

space flyer1911

rocket ship1925

space vehicle1928

spacecraft1929

ship1930

spacer1942

1880 P. Greg Across Zodiac I. 27 In shape my Astronaut somewhat resembled the form of an antique Dutch East-Indiaman.

2. A person who travels in space; esp. a person who is (or has been) a crew member on board a spacecraft or on a space mission; (occasionally) an expert in astronautics. Cf. cosmonaut n.robot, scientist-astronaut: see the first element.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > air or space travel > people who fly in aircraft or spacecraft > [noun] > astronaut or traveller in space

space flyer1911

astronaut1928

rocket man1931

spaceman1932

spacefarer1936

cosmonaut1959

man-in-space1959

taikonaut1998

1928 N.Y. Times 8 Mar. 24 He [sc. Pelterie] is the father of the present school of astronauts.

1929 Jrnl. Brit. Astr. Assoc. June 331 That first obstacle encountered by the would-be ‘Astronaut’, viz., terrestrial gravitation.

1938 E. G. Richardson Physical Sci. Mod. Life xii. 252 The would-be ‘astronauts’ intend to retain some fuel for steering purposes and to break their fall on the moon.

1954 N.Y. Times 4 Apr. e9/7 The escape velocity from the earth is 25,000 miles an hour, yet astronauts talk glibly of achieving it, though they are fully aware of the heat that will be generated.

1961 Times 6 May 8/3 President Kennedy spoke to Commander Alan Shepard by radiotelephone a few minutes after the astronaut was delivered by helicopter to the deck of the aircraft carrier Lake Champlain.

1962 R. Bradbury R is for Rocket 14 When the astronauts patrolled the field in the final silent mobile-van, my body went with them in their strange white armor.

1971 Internat. Herald Tribune 3 June 1 American astronauts and Soviet cosmonauts today swapped anecdotes about their experience in space exploration.

1978 M. Gordon Final Payment (1979) xii. 222 It was like jumping into space: it was feeling like an astronaut.

1989 Wine Spectator 31 Aug. 86/1 Lynch-Bages was the first wine in outer space, smuggled on board the shuttle Discovery by French astronaut Patrick Baudry.

2010 Daily Tel. 25 Jan. 23/3 The Slimfirm machine was developed..primarily for use by Nasa, which wanted a contraption that would help keep astronauts fit in zero gravity.

3. slang. A ‘high-flying’ business person; esp. one who remains working in one country (typically in East Asia) after his or her family has emigrated to another and who frequently commutes between the two.

ΚΠ

1990 Sydney Morning Herald 19 July 12/1 In the hip jargon of Hong Kong they are ‘Astronauts’, elite business people who obtain foreign—often Australian—passports, without forsaking the big bucks and high life of the British colony.

1997 Independent 7 June 18/8 Her husband became an ‘astronaut’, the nickname for businessmen who settled families in the US or Canada and continued to work in Asia.

2009 D. Ley & A. Kobayashi in D. Conway & R. B. Potter Return Migration of next Generations vii. 129 Career objectives could not be sustained in his new home, and he is now back working in Hong Kong, once again an astronaut.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	astronaut
释义	astronautn. Brit. /ˈastrənɔːt/, U.S. /ˈæstrəˌnɔt/, /ˈæstrəˌnɑt/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: astro- comb. form, -naut comb. form. Etymology: < astro- comb. form + -naut comb. form, after aeronaut n. †1. A (fictional) spacecraft. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > spacecraft > [noun] astronaut1880 spaceship1880 liner1905 space flyer1911 rocket ship1925 space vehicle1928 spacecraft1929 ship1930 spacer1942 1880 P. Greg Across Zodiac I. 27 In shape my Astronaut somewhat resembled the form of an antique Dutch East-Indiaman. 2. A person who travels in space; esp. a person who is (or has been) a crew member on board a spacecraft or on a space mission; (occasionally) an expert in astronautics. Cf. cosmonaut n.robot, scientist-astronaut: see the first element. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > people who fly in aircraft or spacecraft > [noun] > astronaut or traveller in space space flyer1911 astronaut1928 rocket man1931 spaceman1932 spacefarer1936 cosmonaut1959 man-in-space1959 taikonaut1998 1928 N.Y. Times 8 Mar. 24 He [sc. Pelterie] is the father of the present school of astronauts. 1929 Jrnl. Brit. Astr. Assoc. June 331 That first obstacle encountered by the would-be ‘Astronaut’, viz., terrestrial gravitation. 1938 E. G. Richardson Physical Sci. Mod. Life xii. 252 The would-be ‘astronauts’ intend to retain some fuel for steering purposes and to break their fall on the moon. 1954 N.Y. Times 4 Apr. e9/7 The escape velocity from the earth is 25,000 miles an hour, yet astronauts talk glibly of achieving it, though they are fully aware of the heat that will be generated. 1961 Times 6 May 8/3 President Kennedy spoke to Commander Alan Shepard by radiotelephone a few minutes after the astronaut was delivered by helicopter to the deck of the aircraft carrier Lake Champlain. 1962 R. Bradbury R is for Rocket 14 When the astronauts patrolled the field in the final silent mobile-van, my body went with them in their strange white armor. 1971 Internat. Herald Tribune 3 June 1 American astronauts and Soviet cosmonauts today swapped anecdotes about their experience in space exploration. 1978 M. Gordon Final Payment (1979) xii. 222 It was like jumping into space: it was feeling like an astronaut. 1989 Wine Spectator 31 Aug. 86/1 Lynch-Bages was the first wine in outer space, smuggled on board the shuttle Discovery by French astronaut Patrick Baudry. 2010 Daily Tel. 25 Jan. 23/3 The Slimfirm machine was developed..primarily for use by Nasa, which wanted a contraption that would help keep astronauts fit in zero gravity. 3. slang. A ‘high-flying’ business person; esp. one who remains working in one country (typically in East Asia) after his or her family has emigrated to another and who frequently commutes between the two. ΚΠ 1990 Sydney Morning Herald 19 July 12/1 In the hip jargon of Hong Kong they are ‘Astronauts’, elite business people who obtain foreign—often Australian—passports, without forsaking the big bucks and high life of the British colony. 1997 Independent 7 June 18/8 Her husband became an ‘astronaut’, the nickname for businessmen who settled families in the US or Canada and continued to work in Asia. 2009 D. Ley & A. Kobayashi in D. Conway & R. B. Potter Return Migration of next Generations vii. 129 Career objectives could not be sustained in his new home, and he is now back working in Hong Kong, once again an astronaut. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1880
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