The Chinese word "satellite" has a long history, at least in the Eastern Han Dynasty Confucian Dong Zhongshu (179 BC, 104 BC) in the "Spring and Autumn Dew Fengben" has "three hundred stars, three thousand satellites." The "guard" here is the meaning of "arch guard".
English satellite also used to have the meaning of body-guard (bodyguard) and courtier (courtier, waiter).
Satellite came into use in English in the 1540s, when it meant follower or attendant of a superior person;The meaning of the word is rarely used now). It derives from Old French satellite (14c.).and then chase back to the Latin satellitem.
Satellitem means "an attendant upon a distinguished person" in Latin a body-guard, a courtier; an assistant。It is very close to the Chinese word "wei".
According to modern astronomical terms, the moon is a satellite of the earth, but in history the moon has the same status as the sun (but according to the current theory, the former is a satellite, the latter is a star, and there are planets in between), otherwise how can it be said that "the sun and the moon shine together".
The earliest discoverer of moons beyond the moon was Galileo. From January 7 to January 13, 1610, he used a homemade telescope to discover that there were four small stars orbiting Jupiter around Jupiter. He named the four little stars Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto, but did not give them "class names".
Johannes Kepler (1571-1630 AD), upon hearing of this discovery, called the class of the four small stars in 1611 satellite, which means the retinue of the big stars. Of course, the German Kepler may have been named so from a French point of view (although English was already in use in the 1540s), because at some point the Germans certainly did not pee on the British.
In 1936, the theory used satellite, which refers to man-made structures around the earth. The real guy was the launch of the first artificial satellite, Sputnik, by the Soviet Union in 1957.
Missile is often translated as "missile", but to be more restrictive, it would be "[self] missile".
Missiles"The rigorous translation of the word should be guided missile, where guided corresponds to the Chinese character"guide".
In the everyday context, many people can't tell the difference between "missile" and "missile", so the missile has become a missile.
Missile appeared as a self-propelled rocket or bomb in 1738. The modern definition of the Remote-Guidance Projectile was introduced in 1945. A missile is a bomb that has the power to fly and can be controlled to change the direction and attitude of the flight.
Missile is derived from the Latin Missilis (also said to be derived from French missile), which means thing thrown or discharged as a weapon for the purpose of hitting something. The Latin word missilis can be traced back to the verb mittere, which means o release, let go; send, throw。
As mentioned earlier, in a non-strict context, a missile is a "missile", such as.
Example sentence 1】The authorities offered to stop firing missiles if the rebels agreed to stop attacking civilian targets(If the rebels agree to stop attacking civilian targets, the authorities say they will stop firing missiles.) )
Example sentence 2: anything that is thrown as a weapon can be called a missile(Anything that can be thrown as a ** can be called a missile.) ）
But "any object that is thrown at it" can also be called missile, such as.
Example sentence 3】The football fans began throwing missiles, one of which hit the referee(Soccer fans start throwing debris, and one of them hits the referee.) )
Example sentence 4】Missiles including stones and bottles were thrown at the police(Various items, including rocks and bottles, were thrown at the police.) ）
It is also sometimes used as an adjective like:
Example sentence 5】The motive for the missile attack was not initially clear(The motive for the missile attack was not initially clear.) )
Words derived from missile are:
missilry：n.Missile science;Missiles
missilery: n.Missiles, missile technology.
missileman: n.The man who designed, built and operated the missile;Sometimes missilee is also used;Its plural is missilemen.