sputnik
sputnik — 名詞
1. one of the series of artificial spacecraft that the Soviet Union launched into o
蘇聯人造衛星
1950年代蘇聯發射的太空飛行器
one of the series of artificial spacecraft that the Soviet Union launched into orbit around Earth in the 1950s and 1960s, which started the modern era of space exploration
Nikhil read about the first sputnik launches in his school history textbook.
Nikhil 在學校的歷史課本上讀到關於第一批蘇聯人造衛星發射的內容。
countable noun: first sputnik launches
Museums across Europe display models of the early sputniks from the 1950s.
歐洲各地的博物館都展示著1950年代早期蘇聯人造衛星的模型。
plural usage: early sputniks
Bao built a small replica of a sputnik for his science fair project.
Bao 為了他的科學展覽專題製作了一個小型的蘇聯人造衛星複製品。
Roya watched a documentary about how the first sputniks changed space travel forever.
Roya 看了一部紀錄片，內容是關於第一批蘇聯人造衛星如何永遠改變了太空旅行。
Jisoo wrote an essay comparing the early sputniks with modern communication satellites.
Jisoo 寫了一篇文章，比較早期的蘇聯人造衛星與現代的通訊衛星。
- satellite
general term for any object orbiting a planet; sputnik is a specific historical type
用法筆記
When referring to the very first satellite (Sputnik 1, launched in 1957), the word is often capitalized; lowercased forms (sputnik / sputniks) refer to the series of Soviet spacecraft in general.