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

• This discovery, made by the ESA-ISRO instrument SARA onboard the Indian Chandrayaan-1 lunar orbiter, confirms how water is likely being created on the lunar surface.
  这一发现是由欧洲空间局（ESA）与印度空间研究机构（ISRO）搭载在印度的月船1号月球轨道探测器上的SARA仪器作出的，它证实了月球表面产生水分的可能机制。
• 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。
• Chang'e1 Lunar orbiter will achieve the ancient dream of the Chinese.
  “嫦娥1号”将完成的，是中国人的一个古老的梦想。
• 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。
• 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。
• The Mars Climate Orbiter apparently burned up as it was about to go into orbit around the Red Planet.
  火星气候轨道器在即将进入红色星球轨道时发生了燃烧。
• 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 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。
• 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。