英语词汇“asteroid”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

as·ter·oid

(ăstə-roid′)

1. Astronomy Any of numerous small solar system bodies that revolve around the sun, with orbits lying chiefly between Mars and Jupiter and characteristic diameters roughly between one and several hundred kilometers. Also called minor planet, planetoid.

2. Zoology See starfish.

adj. also as·ter·oi·dal (ăs′tə-roidl)

Star-shaped.

[From Greek asteroeidēs, starlike : astēr, star; see ster-³ in the Appendix of Indo-European roots + -oeidēs, -oid.]

单词	asteroid
释义	as·ter·oid (ăstə-roid′) n. 1. Astronomy Any of numerous small solar system bodies that revolve around the sun, with orbits lying chiefly between Mars and Jupiter and characteristic diameters roughly between one and several hundred kilometers. Also called minor planet, planetoid. 2. Zoology See starfish. adj. also as·ter·oi·dal (ăs′tə-roidl) Star-shaped. [From Greek asteroeidēs, starlike : astēr, star; see ster-³ in the Appendix of Indo-European roots + -oeidēs, -oid.]
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