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moonshot

/moon-shot/US // ˈmunˌʃɒt //UK // (ˈmuːnˌʃɒt) //

月票,月光,月亮,月球

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the act or procedure of launching a rocket or spacecraft to the moon.
    • : a very challenging and innovative project or undertaking: Technology companies are investing in moonshots that address the world’s greatest problems.
    • : Baseball. a high-velocity home run in which the ball reaches an extraordinary height: What could be more exciting than a bases-clearing moonshot over the right field wall in the bottom of the eleventh inning?
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : relating to or noting a very challenging and innovative project or undertaking: His department takes moonshot ideas and brings them to reality.

Examples

  • They were frenemies, building competing app stores, devices, services and moonshot projects.

  • The firm said on Thursday evening that it was winding down Loon, a nine-year-old project and a two-and-a-half-year-old spin-off firm, after failing to find a sustainable business model and partners for one of its most prominent moonshot projects.

  • While Project Brooklyn is the biggest moonshot in Razer’s offerings, the company also built a reusable mask called Project Hazel.

  • Nearly 250 SPACs were formed in 2020, breaking past the historical record by a moonshot.

  • It seemed such a strange thing for an Internet company to spend its time and energy on, a “moonshot” as the company’s engineers called such massive efforts.

  • Her moonshot, she said, is “being on every smartphone, every tablet, and every PC for every Internet user.”