| 词汇 | frangible booster |
| 词源 | frangible booster. This space-age term describes a booster rocket with a casing of material that fragments easily so that there will be no large pieces to create a hazard if the rocket is destroyed in flight. Frangible, meaning breakable, comes from the Latin frangere, to break. |
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