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meteor

/mee-tee-er, -awr/US // ˈmi ti ər, -ˌɔr //UK // (ˈmiːtɪə) //

流星,陨石,陨落,陨星

Related Words

meteoroid流星体shooting star流星,射星,射手座,射手座的人comet彗星,扫把星,扫帚星,扫帚asteroid小行星,小星体craze开裂,开裂点,开裂状态,开裂缝fad时尚,时尚潮流,风尚,风气buzzword流行语,流行词,热词,热门词汇flare扩口,扩音器,喇叭口,耀斑firework焰火,烟花,焰火晚会,烟花爆竹torpedo鱼雷,水雷,舰艇,舰艇导弹meme记忆,纪念品,记忆体,纪念册

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Astronomy. a meteoroid that has entered the earth's atmosphere.a transient fiery streak in the sky produced by a meteoroid passing through the earth's atmosphere; a shooting star or bolide.
    • : any person or object that moves, progresses, becomes famous, etc., with spectacular speed.
    • : any atmospheric phenomenon, as hail or a typhoon.
    • : Military. Britain's first operational jet fighter, a twin-engine aircraft that entered service in 1944.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounanything that progresses with spectacular speed
Synonyms
meteoroid流星体shooting star流星,射星,射手座,射手座的人asteroid小行星,小星体comet彗星,扫把星,扫帚星,扫帚buzzword流行语,流行词,热词,热门词汇craze开裂,开裂点,开裂状态,开裂缝fad时尚,时尚潮流,风尚,风气firework焰火,烟花,焰火晚会,烟花爆竹flare扩口,扩音器,喇叭口,耀斑meme记忆,纪念品,记忆体,纪念册torpedo鱼雷,水雷,舰艇,舰艇导弹

Examples

  • Instead, bundle up, head outside and look up, because meteors can streak through any part of the sky.

  • The sudden flash of a shooting star is a delight, and its luster isn’t dimmed by the knowledge that meteor showers are merely the visible manifestation of space dust.

  • Over billions of years, asteroids and meteors have slammed into the moon.

  • Rare meteors might even be able to travel between Mars and Earth in a few months or years.

  • Scientists were so busy searching for the asteroid 2012 DA14, they missed the meteor that exploded over Russia in 2013 — leaving meteorites scattered behind.

  • A meteor streaked across Russia last Friday, igniting the sky with an ethereal explosion of light.

  • Astrophysicists say it was a bolide, or a meteor that explodes in the air.

  • Some industrious Chelyabinsk citizen has already offered to sell a piece of the meteor for a souvenir.

  • The idea had a short but powerful resonance: why did the meteor explode above ground, people wondered?

  • This RT video shows an office getting its window blown out by the shockwave from the meteor.

  • But it was all swift as a passing meteor, and when I looked a second time his face was normal and he was looking among the trees.

  • And darned if each meteor didn't strike dead center of each plant network.

  • Yesterday morning, about an hour before sunrise, a bright meteor was seen in the south-west.

  • Unfortunately 'Meteor' and 'Iverna' were not competing, the former having damaged her gaff.

  • The salons held beautifully-dressed women, distinguished-looking men, lying about as the meteor's shock had hurled them.

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