spaceship
/ˈspeɪsʃɪp/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈspeɪsʃɪp/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈspās-ˌship/ (ame, mw)
spaceship — 名詞
- spaceshipsingular
- spaceshipsplural
1. a craft that flies through space, taking people or equipment beyond Earth — comm
太空船
在太空中飛行的交通工具，常見於科幻故事
a craft that flies through space, taking people or equipment beyond Earth — common in science fiction and adventure stories
Dmitri stared at the silver spaceship as it rose slowly into the night sky.
Dmitri 凝視著那艘銀色的太空船，看著它緩緩升入夜空。
used with movement verbs: rose into the sky
Ananya built a small model spaceship from empty plastic bottles and tape.
Ananya 用空塑膠瓶和膠帶做了一艘小小的模型太空船。
collocation: model spaceship
The spaceship landed on the red planet after six long months of travel.
太空船在長達六個月的航行後，降落在這顆紅色星球上。
Kwame read a comic book about a spaceship that could travel faster than light.
Kwame 讀了一本關於一艘能飛得比光還快的太空船的漫畫書。
Yara pointed at the tiny spaceship as it disappeared behind thick grey clouds.
Yara 指著那艘小小的太空船，看著它消失在厚厚的灰雲後方。
- spacecraft
more formal and technical; used for real vehicles like satellites and probes, not just story settings
- flying saucer
specifically disc-shaped and linked to aliens; much narrower than spaceship
- rocket
a propulsion vehicle that may be unmanned; a spaceship carries people or equipment inside a crewed compartment