A cosmonaut is a person trained to travel in space. The job is the same as an astronaut’s.

A cosmonautcosmonaut is a person trained to travel in space是受過訓練、能到太空旅行的人。 The job這份工作 is the same as an astronaut’s跟astronaut(太空人)是一樣的。

The difference is mostly whose word you are using: the United States said astronaut; the Soviet Union said cosmonaut, borrowed from Russian. English news still often says cosmonaut for Russian crew.

The difference is mostly whose word you are using差別主要在於你用的是哪一國的說法: the United States said astronaut美國說astronaut; the Soviet Union said cosmonaut蘇聯說cosmonaut, borrowed from Russian是從俄文借來的字。 English news英文新聞 still often says cosmonaut還是常常用cosmonaut這個字 for Russian crew來稱呼俄羅斯的太空人組員。

Though actually, students sometimes think a cosmonaut does a different job, or flies a different kind of ship as a matter of English meaning. The English meaning is “space traveller, in the Soviet / Russian naming tradition.” Other countries have used other labels in English-language news, but those are extra labels, not extra jobs.

Though actually不過其實, students sometimes think a cosmonaut does a different job學生有時候會以為cosmonaut做的是不一樣的工作, or flies a different kind of ship或是開不一樣的太空船 as a matter of English meaning以為這是英文字義上的差別。 The English meaning is “space traveller, in the Soviet / Russian naming tradition.”這個字在英文裡的意思是「蘇聯/俄羅斯命名傳統下的太空旅行者」 Other countries have used other labels in English-language news其他國家在英文新聞裡也用過別的稱呼, but those are extra labels, not extra jobs但那些只是多出來的稱呼,不是多出來的工作。