meteor
英 ['mi?t??; -t???]
美['mit??]
- n. 流星；[氣象] 大氣現(xiàn)象
TOEFL低頻詞TEM8暢通詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?meteors;
中文詞源
meteor 大氣現(xiàn)象，流星
來(lái)自希臘語(yǔ)ta meteora,天體現(xiàn)象，天空之上，來(lái)自meta-,在上，-eora,空中的，詞源同air.引申詞義氣象。后特別用于指流星，可能因流星比較有代表性。其原義見(jiàn)：aerial meteors,風(fēng)；aqueous meteors,雨；luminous meteors,極光；igneous meteors,流星。
英文詞源
- meteor
- meteor: [15] Greek metéōron meant literally ‘something high up’, and was used to denote ‘phenomena in the sky or heavens’. It was a compound noun formed from the intensive prefix metá- and *eōr-, a variant form of the base of the verb aeírein ‘raise’. When English first took it over, via medieval Latin meteōrum, it was still in the sense ‘phenomenon of the atmosphere or weather’ (‘hoar frosts … and such like cold meteors’, Abraham Fleming, Panoplie of Epistles 1576), an application which survives, of course, in the derivative meteorology [17].
The earliest evidence of the specific use of meteor for a ‘shooting star’ comes from the end of the 16th century. The derivative meteorite, for a meteor that hits the ground, was coined in the early 19th century.
=> meteorology - meteor (n.)
- late 15c., "any atmospheric phenomenon," from Middle French meteore (13c.) and directly from Medieval Latin meteorum (nominative meteora), from Greek ta meteora "the celestial phenomena, things in heaven above," plural of meteoron, literally "thing high up," noun use of neuter of meteoros (adj.) "high up, raised from the ground, hanging," from meta- "over, beyond" (see meta-) + -aoros "lifted, hovering in air," related to aeirein "to raise" (see aorta).
Specific sense of "fireball, shooting star" is attested from 1590s. Atmospheric phenomena were formerly classified as aerial meteors (wind), aqueous meteors (rain, snow, hail), luminous meteors (aurora, rainbows), and igneous meteors (lightning, shooting stars).
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. A bright shooting star, or meteor, is an unforgettable sight.
- 明亮的流星，或者說(shuō)隕石，是番難忘的景象。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 2. Like a flash of lightning, the meteor shot across the sky.
- 流星像一道閃光劃過(guò)天空.
來(lái)自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 3. It was made by a meteor that fell from space.
- 它是由流星從太空中墜落造成的.
來(lái)自英語(yǔ)晨讀30分（高三）
- 4. At several specific times of a year, great meteor showers occur.
- 在一年的幾個(gè)特定時(shí)間里, 會(huì)發(fā)生大規(guī)模的流星雨.
來(lái)自辭典例句
- 5. A meteor shot across the sky.
- 流星劃過(guò)天空.
來(lái)自辭典例句