🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

轨道器

Pronunciation / Transliteration: guǐ dào qì

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Orbiter/ˈɔːr.bɪ.tər/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"该轨道器负责搜集月球表面的地质数据。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A spacecraft designed to travel into space and orbit a planet, moon, or other celestial body without landing on it.

    "The Mars orbiter successfully transmitted high-resolution images of the canyon system back to Earth."
  2. 2

    A component of a reusable launch system or space shuttle designed to re-enter the atmosphere and glide to a runway landing.

    "The space shuttle orbiter underwent extensive safety checks before its final scheduled flight."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Modern Latin 'orbita' (wheel track, course) via the English verb 'orbit' and the agent suffix '-er'. It emerged in the mid-20th century with the advent of space exploration to designate spacecraft designed to orbit a celestial body without landing on it.

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