nuclear-powered
nuclear-powered — 形容詞
1. describes a machine, vehicle, or device that produces its energy from nuclear re
核動力
使用核能作為動力來源的
describes a machine, vehicle, or device that produces its energy from nuclear reactions instead of by burning fuel
The navy's newest nuclear-powered submarine can stay underwater for months at a time.
海軍最新的核動力潛艇可以在水下停留數月之久。
collocation: nuclear-powered submarine
France gets about seventy percent of its electricity from nuclear-powered plants.
法國約七成的電力來自核能發電廠。
collocation: nuclear-powered plant / power station
The aircraft carrier is nuclear-powered, so it does not need to stop for fuel.
這艘航空母艦是核動力的，因此不需要停靠加油。
predicative use: be + nuclear-powered
Some scientists believe nuclear-powered rockets could one day take humans to Mars.
有些科學家認為，核動力火箭有朝一日能將人類送上火星。
Nuclear-powered icebreakers are the only ships strong enough to cross the Arctic in winter.
核動力破冰船是唯一能在冬季橫越北極的船隻。
collocation: nuclear-powered icebreaker
- nuclear-powered submarine
- nuclear-powered aircraft carrier
- nuclear-powered icebreaker
- nuclear-powered rocket
- nuclear-powered ship
- nuclear-powered plant
- nuclear-powered station
- atomic-powered
slightly older term, less common since the mid-20th century; primarily used historically for early reactors
- nuclear
broader in meaning — 'nuclear' alone can describe weapons, waste, or physics, not just propulsion
- diesel-powered
describes vehicles that burn diesel fuel instead of using nuclear energy
- solar-powered
describes devices that use sunlight instead of nuclear reactions
文法句型
nuclear-powered + noun
be + nuclear-powered
用法筆記
Commonly used attributively before a noun (nuclear-powered submarine). Also common in predicative position with be (the ship is nuclear-powered). The hyphen connects the two words into a single compound. In informal speech, the hyphen is sometimes dropped, but standard written English keeps it.