宇宙飞船
yǔ zhòu fēi chuán
ZH
spaceship
宇航员乘坐宇宙飞船进入太空探索
Astronauts take spaceships to travel into space for exploration
Etymology
This word is a compound Chinese word: '宇宙' (yǔzhòu) means universe or cosmos, and '飞船' (fēichuán) means flying craft, so it literally translates to 'universe flying craft'.
Memory Aid
Break it into parts: '宇宙' (yuzhou, universe) + '飞船' (feichuan, flying ship) → imagine a ship that flies through the universe!
Collocations
launch spaceshipmanned spaceshipreusable spaceship
Synonyms
spacecraftspace shuttle
Antonyms
ground vehiclesea ship
Related Words
astronautrocketspace station
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