coined 1929 in science fiction, popularized from 1961 by U.S. space program, from astro- + nautes "sailor" (see naval). French astronautique (adj.) had been coined 1927 by "J.H. Rosny," pen name of Belgian-born science fiction writer Joseph Henri Honoré Boex (1856-1940) on model of aéronautique, and Astronaut was used in 1880 as the name of a fictional spaceship by English writer Percy Greg (1836-1889) in "Across the Zodiac."
例文
1. The astronaut was welcomed with jouous,resounding acclaim.
人々はその宇宙飛行士を歓呼の声で迎えた。
2.The rocket boosts the astronaut into space.
このロケットは宇宙飛行士を宇宙に送ることができる。
3. Astronaut Pierre Thuot tried to latch the 15-foot robotic arm onto the satellite.