| 释义 |
rocketry|ˈrɒkɪtrɪ|
[f. rocket n.3 + -ry.]
The science or use of rockets and rocket propulsion. Also fig.
1930G. E. Pendray in Bull. Amer. Interplanetary Soc. Nov.–Dec. 4 The practical work of getting a liquid-fuel rocket actually into the air was a contribution of America's, as were the three most fundamental achievements of modern rocketry. 1934Jrnl. Brit. Interplanetary Soc. I. i. 3 There you have the nucleus of the British movement in rocketry. 1934Astronautics Mar. 7 ‘Rocketry’ itself is a coined word, first suggested at a meeting of the American Interplanetary Society in 1930 and since widely adopted. 1943C. S. Lewis Perelandra vi. 91 He was a man obsessed with the idea which is..circulating all over our planet in obscure works of ‘scientifiction’, in little Interplanetary Societies and Rocketry Clubs. 1951‘J. Wyndham’ Day of Triffids ii. 30 Sustained research in rocketry had at last succeeded in attaining one of its objectives. It had sent up a missile which stayed up. 1957Times 10 Oct. 10/1 The American programme..called for the launching of small test spheres this year..to check rocketry instrumentation. 1958Sunday Times 14 Sept. 7/4 His [sc. Thomas Wolfe's] absurd rocketry about great America, decadent Europe and so on. 1962F. I. Ordway et al. Basic Astronautics ii. 21 A scientific analysis of rocketry applied to high altitude meteorological research. 1968A. Diment Bang Bang Birds v. 70 A collection of scientists..who weren't quite bright enough to get into the rocketry racket. 1977Daily Tel. 28 July 1/6 The small spaceport at Kagoshima..looked more like a station for amateur rocketry than a serious rival to Cape Canaveral. |
