orbiter

英 [ˈɔːbɪtə(r)]

美 [ˈɔːrbɪtər]

n.  (绕天体作轨道运行的)宇宙飞船; 轨道飞行器

复数：orbiters　

COCA.16860

牛津词典

noun

• （绕天体作轨道运行的）宇宙飞船；轨道飞行器
  a spacecraft designed to move around a planet or moon rather than to land on it

英英释义

noun

• man-made equipment that orbits around the earth or the moon
  Synonym:satelliteartificial satellite

双语例句

• A major exception, the space shuttle orbiter, uses three onboard liquid-fuel main engines supplied by a disposable external tank and a pair of solid-fuel boosters to reach space.
  一个主要的例外是航天飞机轨道飞行器，它使用三个随之携带的液体燃料的重要引擎到达宇宙，而这又是由一个可任意使用的外部箱和一对固体燃料后援器来供给的。
• Early Sunday, China successfully launched its eighth orbiter of the Beidou system.
  周日清晨，中国成功发射第八颗北斗导航卫星。
• The orbiter lifts off vertically like an expendable launch vehicle But makes an unpowered descent similar to a glider.
  飞行器像可耗尽的发动工具一样垂直发射升空，但以类似滑翔机的无动力方式降落。
• And study of the pictures produced by this year's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter will allow scientists to build a history of asteroid bombardment of the inner solar system.
  而今年对月亮观测卫星拍到的图像的研究允许科学家们描绘出太阳系内小行星爆炸的历史痕迹。
• The orbiter will continue to explore Saturn and its moons for four more year.
  人造卫星会在后四年继续探索土星及它的卫星。
• The launch had to be postponed earlier this month because of the failed launch of an experimental orbiter.
  发射不得不推迟本月早些时候由于实验卫星发射失败。
• When the orbiter returns from space, it lands at Kennedy Space Center.
  当轨道器从外太空返回地球时，它在肯尼迪航天中心着陆。
• View of Valles Marineris, using wide-angle imagery from NASA's Viking orbiters and the Mars Orbiter Camera.
  查看水手谷，利用美国宇航局的海盗号轨道器和火星轨道器照相机广角图像。
• Last month, the Space Shuttle orbiter Atlantis visited the ISS and added components that included the Columbus Science Laboratory.
  上月，亚特兰蒂斯号航天飞机造访了国际空间站，并为其增加了组建，其中包括哥伦布科学实验室。
• The latest findings were based on satellite images taken by Nasa's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
  最新的发现以美国航空和宇宙航行局的火星探测卫星拍摄的卫星图像为基础。