faster than light

/ˈfæstər ðæn laɪt/· adverbial phrase

科学/科研/医疗B2

faster than light
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Chinese meaning

超chāo光guāng速sù

速sù度dù超chāo过guò光guāng速sù

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『观guān星xīng者zhě号hào』超chāo光guāng速sù飞fēi行xíng以yǐ迷mí惑huò敌dí舰jiàn

Example

By going faster than light, Picard anticipated that the other ship would see two images of the Stargazer

通tōng过guò以yǐ超chāo光guāng速sù飞fēi行xíng,皮pí卡kǎ德dé预yù料liào敌dí舰jiàn会huì看kàn到dào两liǎng个gè『观guān星xīng者zhě号hào』的de影yǐng像xiàng。

Source: Ars Technica · 10 Sep 2026

Background ✎

一yī位wèi巴bā西xī物wù理lǐ学xué家jiā重chóng新xīn分fēn析xī了le《星xīng际jì迷mí航háng》中zhōng著zhù名míng的de「皮pí卡kǎ德dé机jī动dòng」桥qiáo段duàn,发fā现xiàn了le剧jù组zǔ当dāng年nián没méi注zhù意yì到dào的de物wù理lǐ细xì节jié。这zhè个ge细xì节jié非fēi但dàn没méi有yǒu暴bào露lù剧jù情qíng漏lòu洞dòng,反fǎn而ér让ràng皮pí卡kǎ德dé的de战zhàn术shù显xiǎn得de更gèng精jīng妙miào,还hái顺shùn带dài演yǎn示shì了le相xiāng对duì论lùn中zhōng一yí个gè鲜xiǎn为wéi人rén知zhī的de特tè性xìng。

Roots · etymology

light 源自古英语 lēoht(光);作定语时写作 faster-than-light,常缩写为 FTL

  • faster(fast+比较级-er)+than+light

Collocations

  • travel faster than light / faster-than-light speed / faster-than-light travel

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