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explorers

/ik-splawr-er, -splohr-/US // ɪkˈsplɔr ər, -ˈsploʊr- //UK // (ɪkˈsplɔːrə) //

探险家们,探险家,探险者,探索者

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person or thing that explores.
    • : a person who investigates unknown regions: the great explorers of the Renaissance.
    • : any instrument used in exploring or sounding a wound, a cavity in a tooth, or the like.
    • : Also called Explorer Scout . a person between the ages 14 and 20 who is an active participant in the exploring program sponsored by the Boy Scouts of America.
    • : Aerospace. one of a long series of U.S. scientific satellites: Explorer 1 was the first U.S. artificial satellite.

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Examples

  • All they discovered were water bottles from earlier explorers.

  • Instead, the land claimed the lives of four of the explorers.

  • For the second year in a row, China has landed an ambitious robotic explorer on the moon.

  • That’s not only key to sustaining human life, but the hydrogen and oxygen in water could also be used as rocket fuel, making the moon a potential gas station in space that could help explorers reach farther into the solar system.

  • No matter how many G’s the network has, no Martian explorer will ever enjoy a real time call with Earth.

  • The first two videos are teasers featuring two favorite cartoon characters for young girls, Dora the Explorer and Tinkerbell.

  • Unfortunately, dozens of pyramids are missing their peaks thanks to an overeager, gold-seeking explorer.

  • Actor and explorer Michael Palin, visiting in 2001, described one elderly bookkeeper showing off his priceless wares.

  • The proposed Titan Mare Explorer (TiME), for example, would place a boat on either Ligeia Mare or Kraken Mare.

  • Ironically, the first archaeologist to explore the cave had a connection to the most legendary fictional explorer.

  • And the brave explorer sailed safely through the dangerous strait now named for him.

  • On one side loomed a huge tank, to the brink of which a rickety wooden ladder invited the explorer to ascend.

  • Passage over it is often one of the most difficult feats to accomplish which the Alpine explorer has to undertake.

  • These fractures often exist in very great numbers, and constitute a formidable barrier in the explorer's way.

  • Each step, which seems to bring the explorer of nature nearer to his object, only carries him to the threshold of new labyrinths.

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