| 单词 | comet hunter |
| 释义 | > as lemmascomet hunter comet hunter n. †(a) a telescope used in searching for comets; cf. comet seeker n. (obsolete); (b) a person who searches for comets. ΚΠ 1823 J. Griscom Year in Europe I. 151 He [sc. Sir William Herschel] has one in his yard of about 5 feet in length, with a large aperture, which he calls his comet hunter. 1834 Dublin Univ. Mag. Sept. 331/1 Sir, I am no foe to science; but I had rather have one cook than all the star-gazers and comet-hunters in Europe. 1910 D. Todd Halley's Comet 4 Messier was living at this time [sc. 1758], the greatest comet hunter of France or any other country. 1970 Jrnl. Brit. Astron. Assoc. 80 178 He said that Mr Honda, the famous comet-hunter, was an amateur in his fifties. 2006 Sci. News 169 287/2 Using his own experiences as a comet hunter, Levy has identified 378 bright objects that can be seen even in a light-polluted night sky. < as lemmas |
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