Jodrell Bank
/ˌdʒɒdrəl ˈbæŋk/
/ˌdʒɑːdrəl ˈbæŋk/
(also the Nuffield Radio Astronomy Laboratories)
- a place in Cheshire, north-west England, where there are several large radio telescopes (= devices for receiving radio waves from objects in the universe). The main one was designed by Sir Bernard Lovell (1913-2012), and when it began operating in 1957 it was the largest of its kind in the world. Jodrell Bank is part of the University of Manchester.
位于英格兰西北部柴郡的一个地方,那里有几台大型射电望远镜。主体是伯纳德·洛维尔(Sir Bernard Lovell)(1913-2012)设计的,1957年开始运营时,它是世界上同类产品中最大的。Jodrell Bank是曼彻斯特大学的一部分。