| 单词 | to go supernova |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto go supernova b. to go supernova (originally Science Fiction): (of a star) to explode as a supernova. Also figurative. ΚΠ 1942 Astounding Sci.-Fiction Feb. 6/2 We've considered what might happen if Sol itself went nova. If it should go supernova, no worse could happen; Earth and all life on it would be fused and volatilized in either case. 1965 L. Niven in Galaxy Mag. June 189/1 It could have left the Main Sequence by going supernova or by suddenly expanding into a red giant, but if it had there wouldn't be any inner planets. 1991 D. Coupland Generation X iii. xxix. 162 Ski boots are the worst. Solid plastic. They'll be around till the sun goes supernova. 1993 Country Aug. 21/1 Garth Brooks is..a mega-star who hasn't allowed his ego to go super-nova. 2000 A. Calcutt Brit Cult 433/2 Welsh's success (‘the novel went supernova’, he says of Trainspotting ) prompted a wave of imitators. 2008 R. Zimmerman Universe in Mirror Pl. 25 (caption) In fact, recent data even suggest that Eta Carinae could go supernova at any time. < as lemmas |
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