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单词 rocketeering
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rocketeeringn.

Brit. /ˌrɒkᵻˈtɪərɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌrɑkəˈtɪrɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: rocketeer n., -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < rocketeer n. + -ing suffix1. Compare earlier rocketing n. and rocketry n.
The activities of a rocketeer (rocketeer n. 3); = rocketry n.
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society > travel > air or space travel > use or science of rockets > [noun]
rocketry1875
rocketeering1932
1932 D. Lasser Conquest of Space vii. 116 The support of a financier of world-wide experience, and of men of science..comes as a revelation to those who viewed the field of ‘rocketeering’ as a visionary dream.
1938 Forum Feb. 96/2 Rocketeering may, in some distant future, take us to the moon or elsewhere in space.
1957 Sci. News Let. 19 Oct. 245/1 The Russians credit a pair of scientists..with contributing heavily to the early rocketeering.
1995 Independent on Sunday 25 June (Review Suppl.) 48/2 Rocketeering's growing popularity today is probably attributable to the US space programme.
2008 Def. & Aerospace Business (Nexis) 17 Dec. 87 The rocketeering challenge will be held April 15–20, 2009.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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