| 单词 |
hyperdrive |
| 释义 |
hyperdrive Science Fiction.|ˈhaɪpədraɪv|
Also hyper-drive.
[f. hyper- + drive n.; perh. suggested by hyperspace, overdrive.]
A fictitious device by which a spaceship is enabled to travel from one point to another in a shorter time than light would take (usually by passing out of ordinary space into ‘hyperspace’ for the journey); also, the state of so travelling.
1955B. Davenport Inquiry into Sci. Fiction 11 A ‘hyperdrive’..may be defined simply as something that does enable ships to travel faster than the speed of light, no matter what Einstein says. 1959P. Anderson Virgin Planet (1966) iii. 20 The ship went into hyperdrive and outpaced light. 1960K. Amis New Maps of Hell (1961) i. 20 The author will fabricate a way of getting around Einstein..[by] a device known typically as the space⁓warp or the hyper-drive. 1965D. Morgan in J. Carnell New Writings in S-F III. 144 The jolt as he came out of hyper-drive..had confirmed what he had suspected for some months. 1968M. S. Livingston Particle Physics i. 7 No responsible scientist would attempt to justify support for research in this field with prediction of an ‘anti-matter engine’..or a ‘hyper-drive’ for spaceships. |
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