单词 | space probe |
释义 | > as lemmasspace probe space probe n. Astronautics an unmanned spacecraft for research or reconnaissance.Earliest in Science-Fiction. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > spacecraft > [noun] > laboratories and observatories space probe1949 space observatory1952 probe1953 space laboratory1954 space lab1955 moon probe1958 fly-by1960 Skylab1969 1949 R. Osborne in Planet Stories Fall 87/1 That means dismantling the space-probe and comparator, boss. Not enough spare checkerboards to scan three hundred and sixty degrees with a decent vertical coverage. 1958 Listener 20 Nov. 822/1 Direct contact between some form of space probe and the moon..must be close at hand. 1977 Whitaker's Almanack 158/2 A Russian space probe has revealed that the lower layers [of Venus] are extremely dense. 1990 J. D. Barrow Theories of Everything (1991) vii. 142 Certain species of complexity, those that are advanced enough to launch spaceprobes or send radio messages, either do not exist or do not wish to communicate. 2007 Brantford (Ont.) Expositor (Nexis) 23 June d12 Many of the pictures from Hubble and other space probes are ‘false colour’ pictures that do not look like the object at all. < as lemmas |
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