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单词 ariel
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ariel1

noun ˈɛːrɪəlˈɛriəl
  • A gazelle found in the Middle East and North Africa.

    Genus Gazella, family Bovidae: possibly the mountain gazelle (G. gazella) or the dorcas gazelle (G. dorcas)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The dorcas or ariel gazelle is less than 60 centimetres tall.
    • We halted at Soojalup for the night: here for the first time I saw the beautiful antelope known by the Arabs as the Ariel (Gazelle Dama).
    • Within the desert reside the light-brown, familiar gazelle known as the Dorcas, or Ariel Gazelle.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from Arabic ‘aryal.

Ariel2

proper nounˈɛːrɪəlˈɛriəl
  • 1Astronomy
    A satellite of Uranus discovered in 1851, the twelfth closest to the planet and the fourth largest (diameter 1,160 km).

  • 2A series of six American and British satellites devoted to studies of the ionosphere and X-ray astronomy (1962-79).

Origin

The name of a fairy in Shakespeare's The Tempest.

 
 

ariel1

nounˈɛriəlˈerēəl
  • A gazelle found in the Middle East and North Africa.

    Genus Gazella, family Bovidae: the mountain gazelle (G. gazella) or the dorcas gazelle (G. dorcas)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The dorcas or ariel gazelle is less than 60 centimetres tall.
    • Within the desert reside the light-brown, familiar gazelle known as the Dorcas, or Ariel Gazelle.
    • We halted at Soojalup for the night: here for the first time I saw the beautiful antelope known by the Arabs as the Ariel (Gazelle Dama).

Origin

Mid 19th century: from Arabic ‘aryal.

Ariel2

proper nounˈɛriəlˈerēəl
  • 1Astronomy
    A satellite of Uranus discovered in 1851, the twelfth closest to the planet and the fourth largest, with a diameter of 721 miles (1,160 km).

  • 2A series of six American and British satellites devoted to studies of the ionosphere and X-ray astronomy (1962–79).

Origin

The name of a fairy in Shakespeare's The Tempest.

 
 
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