meteor

英 [ˈmiːtiə(r)]

美 [ˈmiːtiər]

n.  流星

复数：meteors　

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牛津词典

noun

• 流星
  a piece of rock from outer space that makes a bright line across the night sky as it burns up while falling through the earth's atmosphere
  1. a meteor shower
     流星雨

柯林斯词典

• 流星
  Ameteoris a piece of rock or metal that burns very brightly when it enters the earth's atmosphere from space.

英英释义

noun

• (astronomy) any of the small solid extraterrestrial bodies that hits the earth's atmosphere
  Synonym:meteoroid
• a streak of light in the sky at night that results when a meteoroid hits the earth's atmosphere and air friction causes the meteoroid to melt or vaporize or explode
  Synonym:shooting star

双语例句

• A bright shooting star, or meteor, is an unforgettable sight.
  明亮的流星，或者说陨石，是番难忘的景象。
• But if there is a part off, I would like a meteor crashed in the vast universe.
  但是，如果有一个部分关闭，我想要流星在广袤的宇宙中坠毁。
• 31 It is time to get ready for the Perseid meteor shower.
  2003年7月31日准备观看英仙座流星雨的时间到了。
• I'm a meteor in the immense universe. The great surge had built up in the Gulf Stream.
  我是在巨大的宇宙里的一颗流星。汹涌的巨浪在墨西哥湾流形成了。
• Light pollution has obscured our view of constellations, meteor showers, and even the planets.
  光污染使星座、流星雨甚至行星都变得模糊不清，遮蔽了我们的视线。
• Most people come here to meteor crater in Arizona to see a big hole in the ground.
  多数人来这里看亚利桑那州的流星陨石坑，他们看到一个在地上的大洞。
• We've come out of hyperspace into a meteor shower.
  我们从外太空进入了流星雨区域。
• You're the shining sun in my sky while I am merely a little meteor in your air.
  在我的天空中，你是光芒四射的骄阳；而在你的天空中，我只是一颗卑贱的小小流星。
• When you were gone, when the meteor had fallen over the horizon, everything went black.
  而当你离开的时候，当流星落下地平线时，一切都变得黑暗了。
• We saw a meteor streak across the night sky.
  我们看见一颗流星划过夜空。