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

• You're the shining sun in my sky while I am merely a little meteor in your air.
  在我的天空中，你是光芒四射的骄阳；而在你的天空中，我只是一颗卑贱的小小流星。
• 660. Theoretically, their heir's theory of meteorology can explain the meteor.
  660.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。
• 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。
• Did you know what was the wish I made on the night there was a meteor.
  你是我在夜晚制造的希望东西有一颗流星吗。
• 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。
• When you were gone, when the meteor had fallen over the horizon, everything went black.
  而当你离开的时候，当流星落下地平线时，一切都变得黑暗了。
• We've come out of hyperspace into a meteor shower.
  我们从外太空进入了流星雨区域。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。