| 单词 | orbiter |
| 释义 | orbiter (once / 29623 pages) n WORD FAMILY orbiter: orbiters+/orbit: orbital, orbited, orbiter, orbiting, orbits/orbital: suborbital USAGE EXAMPLESAs part of the ExoMars mission, the agency this year sent an orbiter and a test lander to the red planet. Seattle Times(Dec 02, 2016) Noah Petro, deputy project scientist for NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter mission, recommended people go out for a look either Sunday or Monday night. New York Times(Nov 14, 2016) The pictures, taken by Nasa’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, could help reconstruct the exact chain of events that led to the failure of the lander. The Guardian(Oct 27, 2016) n man-made equipment that orbits around the earth or the moon Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper artificial satellite, satellite Salyut either of two Soviet space stations launched in the 1970s SkylabUnited States space station; in orbit from 1973 to 1979 astronomy satellite a satellite equipped with a telescope to observe infrared radiation communications satellitean artificial satellite that relays signals back to earth; moves in a geostationary orbit ballistic capsule, space vehicle, spacecrafta craft capable of traveling in outer space; technically, a satellite around the sun space laboratory, space platform, space stationa manned artificial satellite in a fixed orbit designed for scientific research sputnika Russian artificial satellite spy satellitea satellite with sensors to detect nuclear explosions meteorological satellite, weather satellitea satellite that transmits frequent picture of the earth below landera space vehicle that is designed to land on the moon or another planet LEM, lunar excursion module, lunar modulea spacecraft that carries astronauts from the command module to the surface of the moon and back capsule, space capsulea spacecraft designed to transport people and support human life in outer space space shuttlea reusable spacecraft with wings for a controlled descent through the Earth's atmosphere spaceship, starshipa spacecraft designed to carry a crew into interstellar space (especially in science fiction) equipment an instrumentality needed for an undertaking or to perform a service |
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