| 单词 | dark-sky |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdark-sky dark-sky adj. (attributive) designating a location or set of conditions in which the darkness of the night sky is relatively free of interference from artificial light; of or relating to a night sky having this quality, especially when suitable for astronomical observation. ΚΠ 1953 Sky & Telescope Mar. 122/1 With contemporary techniques, it is quite feasible to detect meteors which are several magnitudes fainter than those observed by the human eye under clear dark sky conditions. 1978 Los Angeles Times 26 June (San Diego County ed.) ii. 1/2 The sky over Mt. Laguna observatory is so dark that it is thought to be the nation's second best dark-sky site. 2001 J. C. Grimwood Pashazade (2003) xii. 59 Five miles of forest and scrub around Huntsville should officially be declared a dark-sky preserve, with light-pollution strictly controlled within this perimeter. 2007 New Yorker 20 Aug. 29/2 The mall's large parking lot was fully illuminated..but it was free of what dark-sky advocates call ‘glare bombs’. < as lemmas |
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