thruster

FREQ #27359

n. 向上钻营的人, 推进器

发音

US /ˈθɹʌ.stɚ/

词形变化

thrusters 复数 thrusters

别名

thrustor

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    One who thrusts, who pushes or stabs.

  2. 2.

    A device for propelling an object, especially a spacecraft or a ship (marine vessel).

  3. 3.

    A bow thruster or a stern thruster.

    航海 交通
  4. 4.

    A surfboard (usually a shortboard) with three fins of approximately equal size, one centred at the back, one on each side about 25cm forward and out near the rails.

    体育
  5. 5.

    An ambitious, driven person; a go-getter.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

pusher

上位词 5

rocket intruder trespasser interloper rocket engine

相关短语

azimuth thruster bow thruster microwave resonant cavity thruster Shkadov thruster

词源

From thrust + -er. The surfboard sense was coined (but never trademarked) by Simon Anderson, who created the design in 1980. The name was almost immediately applied generically to any surfboard with that fin design.

来源：wiktionary