airlock n. 气塞, 气闸, 气密舱
[化] 风闸; 气封; 气窝(塑料表面的)
airlock[ noun ]
a chamber that provides access to space where air is under pressure
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- The module was separated from the space station and redocked at an airlock in maneuvers performed by engineers at the Mission Control Center and aboard the space station by cosmonauts Alexander S. Viktorenko and Alexander A. Serebrov, Tass said.
- The cosmonauts had opened the hatch before the airlock was completely depressurized, and it swung outward with such force that a key joint was damaged.
- The attachment contains a space bicycle for cosmonauts, a solar battery to supplement that of the Mir, an East German optical experiment and an airlock through which cosmonauts can pass to take spacewalks.
- There were hundreds of gas masks, chemical protective suits, and an elaborate air conditioning and airlock system designed to thwart chemical attacks.
- The first new module features a shower and sink, airlock for spacewalks and incubator in which Japanese quail eggs will be hatched to study the effects of weightlessness on heredity.