meteor
美音:
[´mi:tıə
]英音:
[´mi:tıə
]n.流星,大气现象
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meteor为短语/超纲词汇
词根
meta-=among,with,after 一般表“变化”之意,主要用在科学用语
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meteor
/'mi:tɪɔ:(r); `mitɪɔr/
n small mass of matter that enters the earth's atmosphere from outer space, making a bright streak across the night sky as it is burnt up 流星. Cf 参看 shooting star (shoot1).
meteor
n[C]
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: French;Origin: météore, from Medieval Latin meteorum, from Greek meteoron 'something in the sky', from meteoros 'high in air']
a piece of rock or metal that travels through space, and makes a bright line in the night sky when it falls down towards the Earth
Astronomers track large meteors using radar.
a meteor shower (=a lot of meteors that fall down towards the Earth at the same time)