sun
太阳,阳光,阳,阳光下
Related Words
Definitions
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- : the star that is the central body of the earth's solar system, around which the planets revolve and from which they receive light and heat: its mean distance from the earth is about 93 million miles, its diameter about 864,000 miles, and its mass about 330,000 times that of the earth; its period of surface rotation is about 25 days at its equator but longer at higher latitudes.
- : the sun considered with reference to its position in the sky, its visibility, the season of the year, the time at which or the place where it is seen, etc.
- : a star, especially one that has planets and other celestial bodies revolving around it: Many other solar systems have multiple suns, while ours has just one.
- : sunshine; the heat and light from the sun: to be exposed to the sun.
- : a figure or representation of the sun, as a heraldic bearing usually surrounded with rays and marked with the features of a human face.
- : something likened to the sun in brightness, splendor, etc.
- : Chiefly Literary. clime; climate.glory; splendor.
- : sunrise or sunset: They traveled hard from sun to sun.
- : Archaic. a day.a year.
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sunned, sun·ning.
- : to expose to the sun's rays.
- : to warm, dry, etc., in the sunshine.
- : to put, bring, make, etc., by exposure to the sun.
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sunned, sun·ning.
- : to be exposed to the rays of the sun: to sun in the yard.
Phrases
- sun belt
- sunny side
- everything but the kitchen sink (under the sun)
- make hay while the sun shines
- nothing new under the sun
- place in the sun
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
Vast power of the sun is tapped by battery using sand ingredient.
Any sun shirt is better than no sun shirt, but I like the Crossover because it’s so damn comfortable.
“Maybe when Venus comes around on the other side of the sun again,” Greaves says, “things will be better for us here on Earth.”
As the sun rose, a new series of medical experts began to evaluate her.
At the moment, it’s about the equivalent of standing outside at noon in the sun, about 1 kW per square meter.
There was deep brown flesh, and bronze flesh, and pallid white flesh, and flesh turned red from the hot sun.
They will do it,” Revels declared, “as certainly as the sun shines in the heavens.
The nanas and poppies and grannies and grampses who flocked there to roast in the sun.
He likes when the sun glances off it from the top, because it looks like the black marlin.
She had to break the news to William that The Sun had the story.
Behold a dumpy, comfortable British paterfamilias in a light flannel suit and a faded sun hat.
It was very warm, and for a while they did nothing but exchange remarks about the heat, the sun, the glare.
The sun was shining when they arrived at Salon, the gayest, the most coquettish, the most laughing little town in Provence.
Only the petrol tins they took for water right and left of their pathway up the cliff; huge diamonds in the evening sun.
I am pleading for a clear white light of education that shall go like the sun round the whole world.