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单词 earthshine
释义

earthshinen.

Brit. /ˈəːθʃʌɪn/, U.S. /ˈərθˌʃaɪn/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: earth n.1, shine n.1
Etymology: < earth n.1 + shine n.1, after moonshine n., sunshine n. Compare German Erdschein (1775 or earlier). Compare earlier earth-light n.
Astronomy.
Sunlight reflected by the earth, esp. as illuminating part of the moon's surface not lit by sunlight. Cf. earth-light n. 1.
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the world > the universe > planet > primary planet > moon > light of moon > [noun] > from earth
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1813 E. S. Barrett Heroine I. p. xvi And now day begins to decline; and your globe..will soon shed her pale earthshine over the landscape.
1867 G. F. Chambers Descr. Astron. i. vii. 79 The Earth-shine is more luminous before the new Moon than after it.
1946 Nature 21 Dec. 907/1 The portion of the moon's surface that is lighted up by earthshine.
1963 Daily Tel. 20 May 26 (heading) Space man slept well... Kept out ‘earthshine’.
1999 Sky & Telescope Mar. 106 (caption) Have you ever noticed earthshine, a smoky glow on the dark portion on the crescent moon?
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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