coined 1929 in science fiction, popularized from 1961 by U.S. space program, from astro- + nautes "sailor" (see naval). French astronautique (adj.) had been coined 1927 by "J.H. Rosny," pen name of Belgian-born science fiction writer Joseph Henri Honoré Boex (1856-1940) on model of aéronautique, and Astronaut was used in 1880 as the name of a fictional spaceship by English writer Percy Greg (1836-1889) in "Across the Zodiac."
雙語例句
1. The astronaut was welcomed with joyous , resounding acclaim.
人們歡聲雷動地迎接那位宇航員.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
2. The rocket boosts the astronaut into space.
這火箭能把宇航員送入太空.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. Astronaut Pierre Thuot tried to latch the 15-foot robotic arm onto the satellite.
宇航員皮埃爾·索特想要把這個長15英尺的機(jī)械手安到人造衛(wèi)星上。
來自柯林斯例句
4. The fifth objective, was astronaut training, mainly a useful byproduct of the program.
計劃的第五個目標(biāo)是訓(xùn)練宇航員, 這主要還是一個有用的附帶結(jié)果.
來自英漢非文學(xué) - 科學(xué)史
5. Neil Armstrong is the first astronaut to walk on the moon.