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The word "orbit" can be used as a noun to describe the curved path an object follows around a celestial body, or metaphorically for a sphere of influence. It can also be used as a verb, meaning to move in such a path. The word has various pronunciations in British and American English.

The word "orbit" can be used as a noun to describe the curved path an object follows around a celestial body, or metaphorically for a sphere of influence. It can also be used as a verb, meaning to move in such a path. The word has various pronunciations in British and American English.

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/ɔ͟ː(r)bɪt/
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[N-COUNT 可数名词](天体等运行的)轨道 An orbit is the curved path in space that is followed by an object going round and round a planet, moon, or star.
  [also in/into N]
  • Mars and Earth have orbits which change with time...

    火星与地球的运行轨道随着时间而变化。

  • The planet is probably in orbit around a small star.

    这颗行星可能正环绕着一颗小恒星运行。

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[VERB 动词]环绕…的轨道运行 If something such as a satellite orbits a planet, moon, or sun, it moves around it in a continuous, curving path.
  [V n]
  • In 1957 the Soviet Union launched the first satellite to orbit the earth.

    1957年,苏联发射了第一颗绕地卫星。

3
[N-SING 单数名词](影响所及的)范围,领域,圈子 The orbit of a particular person, group, or institution is the area over which they have influence.
  [with supp]
  • In the late 1970s Laos fell within the orbit of Vietnam and the Soviet Union.

    20世纪70年代末,老挝被纳入了越南和苏联的势力范围。


Oxford orbit / ˈɔːbɪt ; NAmE ˈɔːrbɪt /
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orbit orbits orbited orbiting
noun 1 [countable ,  uncountable ] a curved path followed by a planet or an object as it moves around another planet, star, moon, etc. (天体等运行的)轨道 the earth's orbit around the sun 地球环绕太阳的轨道 a space station in orbitround the moon 绕月球运行的一个航天站 A new satellite has been put into orbitaround the earth. 一颗新的人造卫星被送上了环绕地球的轨道。 2 [singular ] an area that a particular person, organization, etc. deals with or is able to influence (人、组织等的)影响范围,势力范围 to come/fall/be within sb's orbit 进入╱落入╱属于某人的势力范围 verb [transitive ,  intransitive ] orbit(around) sth to move in an orbit (= a curved path)around a much larger object, especially a planet, star, etc. 沿轨道运行;围绕…运动 The earth takes a year to orbit the sun. 地球绕太阳一周要一年的时间。 orbit / ˈɔːbɪt ; NAmE ˈɔːrbɪt /
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orbit2 noun
orbitor‧bit1 /ˈɔːbɪt $ ˈɔːr-/ ●○○ verb [intransitive, transitive]
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to travel in a curved path around a much larger object such as the Earth, the Sun etc:  The satellite orbits the Earth every 48 hours.
orbit1 verb
orbit2 noun
orbitorbit2 ●○○ noun [countable]
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1the curved path travelled by an object which is moving around another much larger object such as the Earth, the Sun etcorbit around the Moon’s orbit around the Earthin/into orbit The space shuttle is now in orbit. The telecommunications satellite went into orbit at the end of last year.2 formal the area of power and influence of a person, an organization etcwithin the orbit of something countries within the orbit of the British Commonwealth
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orbit

[ˈɔ:bɪt]orbited, orbiting, orbits

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眼眶(33%),轨迹(20%),势力范围(17%),进入轨道(13%),盘旋(12%),绕轨道而行(5%)
n.轨道;眼眶;势力范围;生活常规
vi.盘旋;绕轨道运行
vt.绕…轨道而行

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