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triton

/trahy-ton/US // ˈtraɪ tɒn //UK // (ˈtraɪtən) //

蚖虫,蚖蛇,蚖,蚖狗

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Physics.

    • : a positively-charged particle consisting of a proton and two neutrons, equivalent to the nucleus of an atom of tritium.

Examples

  • Neptune’s system of moons is overwhelmingly dominated by a single large one, Triton, surrounded by 13 much smaller bodies, mostly in irregular, looping orbits.

  • Triton orbits the planet in a clockwise direction, the opposite of every other planet and major moon, indicating that it formed separately and later got snared by Neptune.

  • Triton also left behind a set of thin, clumpy rings that bunch together in arcs, unlike any other formation in the solar system.

  • Both missions had beaten out their competitors, spacecraft proposed to explore Jupiter’s moon Io and Neptune’s moon Triton.

  • Triton is the largest moon of Neptune, and one of the most exotic worlds in the solar system.

  • Triton prices the 1000/3 LP at a cool $3.15 million—inclusive of pilot training.

  • Triton will begin patrolling the seas with six ships based in Lampedusa and Porto Empedocle in Sicily on November 1.

  • But the captain of the Triton was beforehand with a celerity which matched the up-to-date speed of his craft.

  • He confessed to himself that he had envied the master of the rushing Triton who had swaggered past as if he owned the sea.

  • I could go under and be happy; go to old Triton, and wait for you; teach him to speak your proper Christian name.

  • Triton was his father's trumpeter, and at Neptune's command he blew upon his conch-shell to calm the restless sea.

  • Within this niche a marble Triton poured through his conch-shell a continuous stream.