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英语单词 meteor
英美音标 英 ['miːtiə(r)] 美 ['miːtiər]
中文释义 n.流星;大气现象
abbr.气象学(=meteorology)
英语例句 (1) A meteor suddenly shot across the sky.
(2) It was made by a meteor that fell from space.
(3) Theoretically, their heir's theory of meteorology can explain the meteor.
中文例句 (1) 一颗流星急速掠过天空。
(2) 它是由流星从太空中坠落造成的。
(3) 从理论上讲,他们的继承人的气象理论能解释这种大气现象。
vocabulary简明 A meteor is a space rock that hits the atmosphere of the Earth. It's also another word for a shooting star.
vocabulary扩展 There are a lot of bodies in space, such as suns, planets, and moons. Those are all rather large, but there are smaller bodies too, such as meteors. A meteor is a smaller body in space that collides with the Earth or another planet. You can also use this word for the light caused by such an impact: a meteor is a shooting star. Many meteors are caused by comets that have decayed.
柯林斯解释
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]流星 A meteor is a piece of rock or metal that burns very brightly when it enters the earth's atmosphere from space.

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