rocket scientist
noun[C]
uk/ˈrɒk.ɪt ˌsaɪ.ən.tɪst/us/ˈrɑː.kɪt ˌsaɪ.ən.tɪst/someone whostudiesrockets:
火箭科学家，火箭学家aretiredrocketscientist退休的火箭学家
If you say that someone is not arocketscientist, youmeanthat they are not veryintelligent:
He's notexactlyarocketscientist.
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rocket science
- I don'tthinkittakesarocketscientisttofigureout what you ought to do next.
- Hespentabout fiveyearsas arocketscientistat NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
- Apioneerrocketscientistwhosecareerspannedfivedecades, HunterjoinedDouglas Aircraft in 1944.
- "None of them arerocketscientists," said Johnson,notingthat many of DiNunzio'spredecessorswereconvicted,partlybasedonrecordingsof them sayingfoolishandincriminatingthings.
- They're notexactlyrocketscientists.
Space travel
- aerospace
- autopilot
- biosatellite
- blast
- booster
- capsule
- earthbound
- EVA
- flying saucer
- intergalactic
- jetpack
- launcher
- nose cone
- shuttle
- space probe
- space tourism
- space tourist
- spacefarer
- spacefaring
- spaceman
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Idiom
it doesn't take a rocket scientist