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re-entry

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++re-en·try /riˈentri/ noun (plural re-entries) [countable, uncountable]  1 ENTERwhen someone starts being involved in something again or enters a place again 再进入re-entry into America’s successful re-entry into the Japanese auto market 美国成功重返日本汽车市场2 when a spacecraft enters the Earth’s atmosphere again 〔航天器的〕重返大气层 The satellite burned up on re-entry. 卫星在重返大气层时烧毁。re-enter verb [intransitive, transitive]
Examples from the Corpus
re-entryIf there was a re-entry in the present case, it was not effected by the changing of the lock.Beneath them the underside of the command module comprised a specially designed shield that protected them from the heat of re-entry.Even the government's re-entry into the gilts market as public borrowing has risen is seen as a sign of hope.The shuttle made a successful re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere.
re-en·try nounChineseSyllable
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re-entry
re-entry /riˈentri/ noun (plural re-entries) [uncountable and countable]
1. when someone starts being involved in something again or enters a place again
    re-entry into
    America’s successful re-entry into the Japanese auto market
2. when a spacecraft enters the earth’s atmosphere again:
    The satellite burned up on re-entry.
—re-enter verb [intransitive and transitive]


re-entryBrE /ˌriː ˈentri/ 🔊NAmE /ˌriː ˈentri/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] ~ (into sth) the act of returning to a place or an area of activity that you used to be in 再次进入;重返;重操旧业She feared she would not be granted re-entry into Britain. 她担心不会获准再次踏足英国。🔊🔊a re-entry programme for nurses (= for nurses returning to work after a long time doing sth else) 让护士重返岗位的方案the return of a spacecraft into the earth's atmosphere (航天器的)重返地球大气层