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.
实用例句
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。
来自柯林斯例句
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.
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.
来自《简明英汉词典》
4. A rescue plan could be achieved by sending an unmanned module to the space station.
