also pay-load, 1917, from pay + load (n.). Originally the part of a truck's (later an aircraft's) load from which revenue is derived (passengers, cargo, mail); figurative sense of "bombs, etc. carried by a plane or missile" is from 1936.
雙語例句
1. The space shuttle undertook a topsecret mission with a military payload under Pentagon control.
航天飛機執行一項絕密使命,使軍用酬載由五角大樓控制.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
2. The payload of a ballistic missile is its warhead.
一枚彈道導彈的有效載荷是它的彈頭.
來自辭典例句
3. The space rocket carries a satellite as a payload.
宇宙火箭運載一個衛星作為其有效載荷.
來自辭典例句
4. The warhead is the missile's payload, or cargo.
戰斗部是導彈的有效載荷, 即運載物.
來自辭典例句
5. The chief exception was lengthened second - stage propellant tanks to increase the payload by 300 kilograms.