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meteoric

/mee-tee-awr-ik, -or-/US // ˌmi tiˈɔr ɪk, -ˈɒr- //UK // (ˌmiːtɪˈɒrɪk) //

流星,流星型,陨石,流星状

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of, relating to, or consisting of meteors.
    • : resembling a meteor in transient brilliance, suddenness of appearance, swiftness, etc.: his meteoric rise in politics.
    • : of or coming from the atmosphere; meteorological.

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Examples

  • In the next two years, Thiel’s Roth reached new heights, reflecting Facebook’s meteoric rise.

  • It would have been nearly impossible for anyone to sustain such meteoric highs.

  • With the meteoric ascendance of the knowledge economy, colleges and universities have become financial titans in urban centers.

  • More important, after one of the most meteoric rises in culinary history, and before the coronavirus pandemic shattered the restaurant industry, Skenes plotted a change in direction.

  • Ahead of the North American release of Mugen Train, here’s everything to know about Demon Slayer, the author-illustrator behind it and the meteoric success of the manga, television series and film.

  • The officer who served with Pounding said that when he first met him, “he was well-respected and he was on a meteoric rise.”

  • Fueled by atrocity and a blitzkrieg of gains in Iraq and Syria, the Islamic State has enjoyed a meteoric climb to notoriety.

  • But don't be fooled by the brash on-the-street demeanor and meteoric rise in popularity.

  • Despite the criticism, Tesla has continued its meteoric rise.

  • The establishment and meteoric rise of Shas in Israeli politics came largely in response to this reality.

  • There was not one of us who did not consider this meteoric display prophetic.

  • Perhaps she stood too near him, perhaps she was too young to draw the lesson that we of to-day draw from his meteoric career.

  • Meteoric stones have generally a broken, irregular surface, coated with a thin black crust, like varnish.

  • Another enormous mass of meteoric iron was found in South America, about the year 1788.

  • Meteoric stones have fallen in all climates, in every part of the earth, at all seasons, in the night and in the day.