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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionaryeclipse I \i-ˈklips\ noun ETYMOLOGY Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin eclipsis, from Greek ekleipsis, from ekleipein to omit, fail, suffer eclipse, from ex- + leipein to leave — more at loan DATE 13th century1. a. the total or partial obscuring of one celestial body by another b. the passing into the shadow of a celestial body — compare occultation, transit2. a falling into obscurity or decline; also : the state of being eclipsed his reputation has fallen into eclipse3. the state of being in eclipse plumage[eclipse 1a: E earth, M moon in solar eclipse, P penumbra, S sun, U umbra] II transitive verb (eclipsed ; eclips·ing) DATE 13th century: to cause an eclipse of: as a. obscure, darken b. to reduce in importance or repute c. surpass her score eclipsed the old recordEnglish Etymologyeclipse eclipse (n.) late 13c., from O.Frhttp://O.Fr. eclipse, from L. eclipsis, from Gk. ekleipsis "a leaving out, forsaking, an eclipse," from ekleipein"to forsake a usual place, fail to appear, be eclipsed," from ek "out" + leipein "to leave" (cognate with L. linquere; see relinquish). The verb is late 14c. (intrans., a sense now obsolete), late 15c. (trans.); figurative use is from 1580s. Related: Eclipsed; eclipsing.Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7eclipseeclipse / i5klips / noun1. [C] an occasion when the moon passes between the earth and the sun so that you cannot see all or part of the sun for a time; an occasion when the earth passes between the moon and the sun so that you cannot see all or part of the moon for a time 日蚀；月蚀: an eclipse of the sun / moon 日蚀；月蚀 a total / partial eclipse 全蚀；偏蚀 2. [sing., U] a loss of importance, power, etc. especially because sb / sth else has become more important, powerful, etc. (重要性、权势等的)丧失,黯然失色,暗淡: The election result marked the eclipse of the right wing. 选举结果标志着右翼的失势。 Her work was in eclipse for most of the 20th century. 她的作品在 20 世纪大部份时间里都湮没无闻。 verb[VN] 1. [often passive] (of the moon, the earth, etc. 月球、地球等) to cause an eclipse 遮住…的光2. to make sb / sth seem dull or unimportant by comparison 使失色；使相形见绌；使丧失重要性 SYN outshine , overshadow : Though a talented player, he was completely eclipsed by his brother. 他虽是一个天才的运动员,但与他的兄弟相比就黯然失色了。 Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of EnglishOxford Collocations dictionary for students of Englisheclipse noun ADJ. lunar, solar | partial, total a total lunar eclipse PHRASES an eclipse of the moon/sunWebster's Third New International Dictionary, UnabridgedeclipseI. \ə̇ˈklips, ēˈk- sometimes ˈēˌk-\ noun(-s)Etymology: Middle English, from Old French, from Latin eclipsis, from Greek ekleipsis, literally, abandonment, cessation, from ekleipein to leave out, abandon, cease, from ek out of, out (from ex) + leipein to leave — more at ex-, loan1. a. : the obscuration of one celestial body by another < an eclipse of the sun by the moon > : the passing into the shadow of a celestial body < an eclipse of the moon in the earth's shadow > : the cutting off of some or all of the light from one celestial body by another (as in an eclipsing variable) — compare annularity, appulse, contact, occultation, shadow transit, totality, transit b. : the period or phase of darkness of an occulting light2. : the act or process or an instance of falling into obscurity, disuse, or disgrace : a temporary or permanent disappearance :decline, downfall < mourned the eclipse of the hereditary upper class > < the eclipse of the familiar essay will be slow — Clifton Fadiman >: a period or condition of obscurity or disgrace < returned to Versailles after a temporary eclipse at court — Evelyn G. Cruickshanks >or of decline or decay < in the seventeenth century science came out of a long eclipse— R.W.Livingstone >3. : the assuming of dull eclipse plumage after the mating season (as by the normally brilliantly colored males of certain ducks); also: the state of a bird in such plumage[eclipse 1a: S sun, E earth, M moon in solar eclipse, M1 moon in lunar eclipse]II. verb(-ed/-ing/-s)Etymology: Middle English eclipsen, from eclipse, n.transitive verb1. : to cause the obscuration of : darken by or as if by an eclipse < the moon eclipses the sun > < when the sun is artificially eclipsed in a special telescope — Hugh Odishaw >2. a. : to reduce especially in importance or repute : cast down (as into obscurity or disgrace) < this … monocled military order was only eclipsed but never eliminated by the Versailles Treaty — G.W.Speyer > : extinguish < whose sudden death … eclipsed the gaiety of so many of his faithful readers — Times Literary Supplement > b. : to make insignificant by comparison : throw into the shade < whose history eclipses that of the English colonies as a stirring and fascinating romance — A.L.Burt > : surpass, excel < a new quarterly aluminum-production record … eclipsing the previous record — Wall Street Journal >3. : to cause eclipsis of (a sound)intransitive verb: to suffer an eclipseSynonyms: see obscure

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