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.
双语例句
1. They have docked a robot module alongside the orbiting space station.
他们已经将一个自动操作舱与沿轨道运行的空间站并行对接上了。
来自柯林斯例句
2. He has 250 students in his microeconomics module.
他的微观经济学授课单元有250名学生。
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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.
当其中一名宇航员在指挥舱中环绕月球飞行时, 另一名宇航员在登月舱中降落到月球表面.
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4. A rescue plan could be achieved by sending an unmanned module to the space station.