斯普特尼克

Sīpǔtèníkè

proper noun

Meanings

1 Sputnik, the Soviet Union's first artificial satellite, launched in 1957

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Examples

HSK 7-9

斯普特尼克的直径只有五十八厘米。

Sīpǔtèníkè de zhíjìng zhǐyǒu wǔshíbā límǐ.

Sputnik was only 58 centimetres across.

HSK 7-9

1957年10月，斯普特尼克的发射让美国人大吃一惊。

Yī jiǔ wǔ qī nián shí yuè, Sīpǔtèníkè de fāshè ràng Měiguórén dàchī-yìjīng.

The launch of Sputnik in October 1957 took Americans completely by surprise.

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history

Launched on 4 October 1957, it started the space race: the shock in the United States led to the founding of NASA in 1958. Its name is Russian for "fellow traveller".

Stroke Order

斯 sī

普 pǔ

特 tè

尼 ní

克 kè