spaceship
UK/'speisʃip/US
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Definitions
n.
A vehicle designed to travel through outer space, especially one carrying people.
宇宙飞船，太空船
Root Breakdown
Root-derivedspace + ship = 'a ship that sails through space.' Science-fiction writers borrowed the natural image of a vessel crossing a vast emptiness and replaced the sea with outer space.
Root space still carries 6 more wordsCommon Collocations
- 1.alien spaceship外星飞船
- 2.board a spaceship登上宇宙飞船
- 3.spaceship crew飞船船员
- 4.spaceship landing飞船着陆
Example Sentences
- 1.
The spaceship slowly entered orbit around the red planet.
- 2.
The crew boarded the spaceship for their long journey to Mars.