Dictionary entry
Spaceman
Pronunciation: /ˈspeɪsman/
Pronunciation
/ˈspeɪsman/
Myanmar Meaning
အာကာသသူရဲကောင်း။
Definition
spaceman /'speÇsmæn/ n ( pl -men /-men/; fem spacewoman /-wƱmǝn/, pl -women /-wÇ- mÇn/) အာကာသသူရဲေကာင္း။
Examples
- ‘The opening parade got under way with a colourful fancy dress parade with children dressed in all manner of outfits from fairies and spacemen to cartoon characters and spooky classics.’
- ‘The would-be spaceman took his 37 ft-high Starchaser rocket to Stockport Grammar School to encourage youngsters to follow his lead and take up engineering.’
- ‘The big deal for kids this year is to dress as spacemen.’
- ‘The elegant sci-fi tale describes a spaceman who returns to Earth after 80 years having only aged 10 minutes.’
- ‘Space Adventure fills the third level where visitors can meet a life size animatronic spaceman
- discover the galaxy and learn all about man's adventures in space.’
- ‘Technologically speaking
- it's the equivalent of going from cavemen to spacemen in a generation.’
- ‘The spacemen
- two Russians and one American
- have now arrived safely in orbit following their 7:06 am lift off
- and will orbit the planet for two days before reaching the ISS.’
- ‘Somehow it has come to pass that a world public can listen to real spacemen live on air.’
- ‘Africa's first spaceman
- Mark Shuttleworth
- was yesterday wished a good trip and decent weather by Deputy President Jacob Zuma
- as the astronaut prepared to blast off next week.’
- ‘It is thought that he was pretending to be a spaceman.’
- ‘He remembered many times catching his son reading stories about futuristic spacemen battling hostile aliens.’
- ‘The would-be spaceman has been ridiculed by the media
- who branded his space ambitions as ‘suicidal’.’
- ‘This new sophistication has given parachutes a wide range of roles - in descents to fight forest fires
- as brakes for aircraft and racing cars
- in sport and sky-diving
- and for landing spacemen in the sea after their journeys through space.’
- ‘With the weightlessness
- diving is the closest thing on Earth to being a spaceman.’
- ‘In addition to cleaning and tending to science projects
- the joyriding spacemen spend time communicating with friends and family.’
- ‘I remember a time as a child when I wanted to be a spaceman.’