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meteorite

/mee-tee-uh-rahyt/US // ˈmi ti əˌraɪt //UK // (ˈmiːtɪəˌraɪt) //

陨石,陨铁,隕石,陨落

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a mass of stone or metal that has reached the earth from outer space; a fallen meteoroid.
    • : a meteoroid.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • So meteorites provide us with a lot of information about a small number of objects, and micrometeorites provide a tiny amount of information on a lot of objects.

  • Burning bits of ground-up meteorites may tell scientists what exoplanets’ early atmospheres are made of.

  • These meteorites are made out of dust that’s just the right size to drift really fast within the disk.

  • Then a series of Hubble Space Telescope observations between 2006 and 2013 found that they were more like incoming meteorites.

  • Ryugu should also help us understand what kinds of elements and compounds might have been delivered to the early Earth by meteorite impacts.

  • For example, a common type of meteorite has similar mineral content to Earth, but a lot less deuterium.

  • But how many of them remember the CNN host who asked whether the Russian meteorite had been caused by global warming?

  • You haven't forgotten how the natives of Giant Land feared the meteorite and insisted that we take it away.

  • His people think we are great magicians or else witch doctors, and Amo wrote begging us to take the meteorite from his land.

  • All of them appeared exhausted, but Tom's eyes expressed the greatest satisfaction when he saw the meteorite safely aboard.

  • Thus it was that the great meteorite reached the top long before Tom and the two natives did.

  • Ned Newton wired that the meteorite had been safely placed on a fast freight train.