nacelle
noun [ C ] engineering specialized uk/nəˈsel/ us/nəˈsel/
发动机舱;短舱;吊舱;气球吊篮
a cover that holds engines, fuel, and equipment on an aircraft but is separate from the fuselage (= the main body of an aircraft)
The design of the aircraft has been modified and the engine nacelles now encase the entire engine. 飞机的设计已经得到修改，发动机短舱现在包裹着整个发动机。
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- Workers at the plant connect the nacelles to the engines.
- We recognized that there are fundamental problems with the hydraulics in the nacelle.
- A chafed hydraulic line hidden deep in the nacelle started the chain of events that led to the crash.