| 单词 | meteor shower |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmeteor shower meteor shower n. Astronomy a group of meteors that appear to radiate from the same point in the sky (the radiant), usually appearing on particular dates each year when the earth intercepts a meteor stream. ΚΠ 1850 Southern Q. Rev. Sept. 241 While yet she spake, the jewels of her crown,..Dropped, several, down..Like meteor showers autumnal in the skies. 1877 G. F. Chambers Handbk. Descr. Astron. (ed. 3) ix. iii. 798 Another meteor shower of great importance occurs annually on August 10. 1962 F. I. Ordway et al. Basic Astronautics iii. 105 Many swarms of meteors orbit the Sun and some periodically intersect the orbit of Earth causing meteor showers. 1992 Independent 28 Dec. 11/7 As in other meteor showers, the debris harmlessly burns up through friction..as it streams to Earth. < as lemmas |
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