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celestial body

/suh-les-chuhl/US // səˈlɛs tʃəl //UK // (sɪˈlɛstɪəl) //

天体

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : pertaining to the sky or visible heaven, or to the universe beyond the earth’s atmosphere, as in celestial body.
    • : pertaining to the spiritual or invisible heaven; heavenly; divine: celestial bliss.
    • : of or relating to celestial navigation: a celestial fix.
    • : of or relating to the former Chinese Empire or the Chinese people.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an inhabitant of heaven.
    • : a citizen of the Celestial Empire.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • There are still many unanswered questions about how the space-surviving microbes could physically survive the transfer from one celestial body to another.

  • Phobos might even be a kind of celestial Phoenix, born from the remains of an earlier moon that got ripped apart into rings that then reassembled.

  • A star is a celestial object whose surface is so hot that it emits light.

  • Such crisp telescope images could help astronomers study a range of celestial objects, from solar system bodies to distant galaxies.

  • Typically, corrections use telescope observations, which offer a set of celestial coordinates to determine Earth’s orientation in space.

  • One has to believe that Brazil was at the receiving end of some great celestial wrath.

  • As a music fan, it was very exciting to finally have access to something close to a celestial jukebox—all music, instantly.

  • We can only thank some celestial power that he did not seek refuge in the United States.

  • Geniuses joined the realm of intermediate beings, alternately exalted and tormented by celestial visions.

  • Bathed in celestial light, and with her husband, Jor-El (Russell Crowe), looking on, she gives birth to their son, Kal-El.

  • Just corporeal enough to attest humanity, yet sufficiently transparent to let the celestial origin shine through.

  • At first men imagined the celestial bodies to be, as they seemed, small objects not very far away.

  • Atmospheric envelopes appear to be common features about the celestial spheres.

  • A dark moon has joined this celestial grouping, and is now swinging in an orbit about the earth.

  • Perhaps I was but startled yesterday to find a celestial loveliness where I expected to encounter pallid inanity.