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

• The lunar orbiter will map the moon's surface from orbit in unsurpassed resolution, capturing even the tracks that lunar rovers left behind.
  月球轨道器将从轨道上以非常高的清晰度绘制月球表面的地图，甚至捕捉到月球车留下的痕迹。
• 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 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。
• As expected, the Rosetta orbiter moved out of the line of sight of Philae, breaking radio communications.
  正如预期的那样，罗塞塔轨道飞行器移动到菲莱的联系范围之外，无线电通信中断了。
• Only one will actually leave the orbiter module to retrieve scientific experiments placed outside.
  只有一个人将实实在在的离开卫星舱在太空中进行实验。
• At first, mission controllers said they were fairly certain that none of the insulation had struck the orbiter.
  飞行控制人员起先说，他们相当肯定绝热材料没有打到飞机。
• Nasa's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has used its Diviner instrument to probe the insides of permanently shadowed craters on Earth's satellite.
  美国宇航局的月球勘测轨道飞行器利用“占卜者”仪器探测永久阴影环形山的底部世界。
• Two years later NASA lost the Mars Climate Orbiter and the Mars Polar Lander.
  两年后，NASA折损了火星气象卫星和火星极地登陆者号。
• 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。
• 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。