mothership
n. 航母
例句
Scientists used the mothership of NASA's recycled Deep Impact comet probe to look at light reflected off Earth, the moon and Mars.
科学家们利用美国宇航局可回收的“深度撞击”彗星探测器的母船,来观测地球、月球和火星的反射光。
Success: Manned by two pilots, the craft flew freely for 11 minutes before landing at an airport runway followed by the mothership.
试飞成功:两名飞行员驾驶着飞船自由飞行11分钟后在机场跑道安全降落。
The bottom line is that I'm not losing any sleep worrying about awaking one morning to see an alien mothership hovering over Washington d.c..
结果却是,我不再因为担心早上醒来会发现有外星人母舰悬停在华盛顿特区上空而夙夜难寐。