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titan

/tahyt-n/US // ˈtaɪt n //UK // (ˈtaɪtən) //

泰坦,泰坦尼克号,泰坦尼克,土卫六

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Classical Mythology. any of the sons of Uranus and Gaia, including Coeus, Crius, Cronus, Hyperion, Iapetus, and Oceanus.Also Ti·tan·ess [tahyt-n-is]. /ˈtaɪt n ɪs/. any of the sisters of these, including Mnemosyne, Phoebe, Rhea, Tethys, Themis, and Thia.any of the offspring of the children of Uranus and Gaia.
    • : the Titan, Helios.
    • : Astronomy. one of the moons of Saturn.
    • : a person or thing of enormous size, strength, power, influence, etc.: a titan of industry.
    • : Military. a two-stage, liquid-fueled U.S. intercontinental ballistic missile in service since the late 1950s and designed for launch from underground silos.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : titanic.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, is another world that sets itself apart from the rest of the solar system.

  • That mission launches in 2027 and will arrive at Titan in 2034.

  • Titan is extremely rich in organic materials, so it’s already rich in the raw materials needed for life.

  • The strongest evidence suggests there are subsurface oceans on Jupiter’s moon Europa and Saturn’s moons Enceladus and Titan.

  • It’s great to have an answer to this outstanding question and one more piece of Titan that we understand better now.

  • Lakes on Titan are full of methane, and the chemical is a major component of the giant planets Jupiter, Neptune, and so forth.

  • Perhaps the greatest irony remains that civil rights titan Caesar Chavez was a lifelong opponent of illegal immigration.

  • Titan and GE officials did not respond to requests for comment.

  • But Attack on Titan deserves to be respected as more than just another beautiful, easy Netflix binge.

  • The proposed Titan Mare Explorer (TiME), for example, would place a boat on either Ligeia Mare or Kraken Mare.

  • And then another titan effort, and suddenly—incredibly—there burst upon Thyrsis' sight an apparition.

  • There was a narrow rift here between the titan cliffs of darkness and he—the ship he was in—was fleeing across that rift.

  • He tells her a ghastly story of a titan soul who starved in a garret and shot himself, crushed by the mockery of the world.

  • He spoke of Dante and Angelo, who were two of his heroes; he told of great experiences among the latter's titan frescos.

  • Who was there to make that titan agony real to them, to point them to the high destinies of the Republic?