shooting star

英 [ˌʃuːtɪŋ ˈstɑː(r)]

美 [ˌʃuːtɪŋ ˈstɑːr]

n.  流星

牛津词典

noun

• 流星
  a small meteor (= a piece of rock in outer space) that travels very fast and burns with a bright light as it enters the earth's atmosphere

柯林斯词典

• 流星
  Ashooting staris a piece of rock or metal that burns very brightly when it enters the earth's atmosphere from space, and is seen from earth as a bright star travelling very fast across the sky.

英英释义

noun

• 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:meteor

双语例句

• Wish upon a shooting star, make your dream come ture.
  向闪烁的星星许愿，让你的梦想成真。
• Inspiration is just a shooting star, while the will power is the eternal sun.
  灵感只是一颗流星，毅力才是永恒的太阳。
• The shooting star didn't grant me my wish.
  流星没有让我的愿望成真。
• Like a shooting star he shines.
  就好像他擦亮的一颗流星。
• I spotted a shooting star which, to my astonishment, was bright green in colour
  我看见一颗流星，使我大为惊奇的是，它居然是鲜亮的绿色。
• The museum has a red star-shaped gate piercing into the ground, like a shooting star that falls from the sky.
  站在博物馆的大门前，斜插入地的红色星形大门如星辰坠落，简洁有力；
• Like a shooting star giving off so much light.
  就像是一颗流星放射出如此灿烂的光芒。
• Your wish will be granted upon a shooting star.
  向流星许愿会让你梦想成真的。
• The meteor is a "shooting star" that streaks across the sky.
  流星是从天空中掠过的“飞速划过的星星”。
• These collisions with space debris can be minor – as in a shooting star on a summer night – or amazingly destructive, as in the collision that probably killed off the dinosaurs.
  太空垃圾和地球碰撞的机率很小，就像夏夜划过流星，破坏性却很大，这种碰撞可以令恐龙灭绝。