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名詞

lifeship (複数形 lifeships)

1. (science fiction) A spaceship serving as an emergency medical center.
   • 2004, Iain M. Banks, The Algebraist, London: Orbit, →ISBN, page 459:

     You target our habs and lifeships, you slaughter us in our millions. We attack your military and infrastructure. And you call us the terrorists.

参照

• Jesse Sheidlower, editor (2001–2023), “lifeship, n.”, in Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction.