1580s, "allotted measure," from Middle French module (1540s) or directly from Latin modulus "small measure," diminutive of modus "measure, manner" (see mode (n.1)). Meaning "interchangeable part" first recorded 1955; that of "separate section of a spacecraft" is from 1961.
实用例句
1. They have docked a robot module alongside the orbiting space station.
他们已经将一个自动操作舱与沿轨道运行的空间站并行对接上了。来自柯林斯例句
2. He has 250 students in his microeconomics module.
他的微观经济学授课单元有250名学生。来自柯林斯例句
3. While one of the astronauts went round the moon in the command module, the other went down to the surface in the lunar module.
