earthshine / ˈɜrθˌʃaɪn /

⚽高中词汇阳光阳光下阳光下的地球土气

earthshine 的定义

n. 名词 noun

Astronomy.

  1. the faint illumination of the part of the moon not illuminated by sunlight, as during a crescent phase, caused by the reflection of light from the earth.

更多earthshine例句

  1. And now day begins to decline; and your globe, which never sets to us, will soon shed her pale earthshine over the landscape.
  2. The ancients were greatly exercised in their minds to account for this "earthlight," or "earthshine," as it is also called.
  3. One might have supposed that Fanny's influence had added a slim crescent of silvery light to her habitual earthshine.