nacelle
/næˈsel/noun
1- a streamlined housing or tank for something on the outside of an aircraft or motor vehicle整流罩, 短舱。
1.1
- the outer casing of an aircraft engine发动机舱。
1.2
- chiefly historical the car of an airship〈主史〉吊舱。
词源
early 20th cent. (originally denoting the car of an airship): from French, from late Latin navicella, diminutive of Latin navis 'ship'.