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meteor 音標拼音: [m'itiɚ] n. 流星,大氣現象 流星,大氣現象 meteor流星 meteor n 1: ( astronomy) any of the small solid extraterrestrial bodies that hits the earth' s atmosphere [ synonym: { meteoroid}, { meteor}] 2: a streak of light in the sky at night that results when a meteoroid hits the earth' s atmosphere and air friction causes the meteoroid to melt or vaporize or explode [ synonym: { meteor}, { shooting star}] Meteor \ Me" te* or\, n. [ F. m[' e] t[' e] ore, Gr. ?, pl. ? things in the air, fr. ? high in air, raised off the ground; ? beyond ?, ?, a suspension or hovering in the air, fr. ? to lift, raise up.] [ 1913 Webster] 1. Any phenomenon or appearance in the atmosphere, as clouds, rain, hail, snow, etc. [ 1913 Webster] Hail, an ordinary meteor. -- Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Specif.: A transient luminous body or appearance seen in the atmosphere, or in a more elevated region. [ 1913 Webster] The vaulty top of heaven Figured quite o' er with burning meteors. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 3. A mass of stone or other substance which sometimes falls to the earth from space beyond the moon, burning up from atomospheric friction and creating a brilliant but usually very brief trail of light in the atmosphere; also called a { shooting star}. [ PJC] Note: The term is especially applied to fireballs, and the masses of stone or other substances which sometimes fall to the earth; also to shooting stars and to ignes fatui. Meteors are often classed as: aerial meteors, winds, tornadoes, etc.; aqueous meteors, rain, hail, snow, dew, etc.; luminous meteors, rainbows, halos, etc.; and igneous meteors, lightning, shooting stars, and the like. [ 1913 Webster] 35 Moby Thesaurus words for " meteor": aerolite, asteroids, aurora particles, blackout, bolide, chondrite, cosmic dust, cosmic particles, cosmic ray bombardment, fireball, intergalactic matter, meteor crater, meteor dust, meteor dust impacts, meteor shower, meteor swarm, meteor trail, meteor train, meteoric shower, meteorite, meteoroid, meteorolite, meteors, micrometeorite, micrometeoroid, radiant, radiant point, radiation, shooting star, siderite, siderolite, space bullets, tektite, the bends, weightlessness
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