1580s, "allotted measure," from Middle French module (1540s) or directly from Latin modulus "small measure," diminutive of modus "measure, manner" (see mode (n.1)). Meaning "interchangeable part" first recorded 1955; that of "separate section of a spacecraft" is from 1961.
雙語例句
1. They have docked a robot module alongside the orbiting space station.
他們已經(jīng)將一個自動操作艙與沿軌道運行的空間站并行對接上了。
來自柯林斯例句
2. He has 250 students in his microeconomics module.
他的微觀經(jīng)濟學授課單元有250名學生。
來自柯林斯例句
3. While one of the astronauts went round the moon in the command module, the other went down to the surface in the lunar module.
當其中一名宇航員在指揮艙中環(huán)繞月球飛行時, 另一名宇航員在登月艙中降落到月球表面.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
4. A rescue plan could be achieved by sending an unmanned module to the space station.