English Dictionary

moon shot

/ˈmuːn ʃɒt/

noun

The launching of a spacecraft or an object to orbit or land on the Moon. / (sports) An act of throwing or hitting a ball with a high trajectory.

The moon shot was a historic achievement for space exploration.

意味（1）

The launching of a spacecraft or an object to orbit or land on the Moon.

There will be many shots at the moon. Our nearest neighbor in the heavens patiently revolves around the earth, waiting for us to learn its secrets. What kind of moon shots can we use to find the answers to those secrets?

意味（2）

(sports) An act of throwing or hitting a ball with a high trajectory.

[Mickey] Mantle pounds out a moon shot in this night contest when he slams the [base]ball against the left-center facing of the second deck at Comiskey Park.

意味（3）

(figuratively) An expensive, hard, or unlikely task of great potential impact.

We defined a moonshot as a complex, large-scale objective that can be accomplished only when teams abandon business as usual. Moonshots require significant breakthroughs in attitude, innovation, leadership, processes, management, and technology. They demand extraordinary execution and are often marked by seemingly unrealistic time lines. […] My first real moonshot was in the 1990s with the creation of the PalmPilot—the precursor to the smartphone. Lisa's most memorable moonshot was Nokia's MOSH, the first big mobile social sharing platform, which swelled to 13 million users in its debut year.