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

• The blackness of the night, meteor lit up, lit the moist eyes.
  漆黑的夜里，流星划过，点亮了湿润的眼睛。
• 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。
• This is the meteor data system and you can read all the weather measurements right here.
  这是流星数据系统，你可以在这里读取到所有的测量结果。
• I have a basket of desire is not a meteor.
  我有一筐的愿望却等不到一颗流星。
• 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。
• It's a meteor shower. that's what took out the shuttle.
  这是一场流星雨它们也把太空梭击落。
• 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。
• He can tell you one about the meteor story.
  他会告诉你一个关于流星的故事。
• We saw a meteor streak across the night sky.
  我们看见一颗流星划过夜空。