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 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”。
• We've come out of hyperspace into a meteor shower.
  我们从外太空进入了流星雨区域。
• 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。
• Most people come here to meteor crater in Arizona to see a big hole in the ground.
  多数人来这里看亚利桑那州的流星陨石坑，他们看到一个在地上的大洞。
• 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。
• We have meteor showers. They can be the occasional comet that can grace the sky.
  当彗星偶尔优雅划过天际的时，我们还能看到流星雨。
• You are destined to disappear instantly meteor.
  你注定是瞬间消逝的流星。
• 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。
• And his entire unit was killed during the meteor shower.
  他的整个单位在流星雨中都被杀了。
• Whatever proof I had was destroyed the day of the meteor shower.
  我的证据都被那场流星雨毁了。