单词 | black hole |
释义 | black hole (once / 5462 pages) n A black hole is an area of space in which gravity's pull is so strong that nothing can escape, not even light. Astronomers believe that black holes are formed by dense stars that collapse from the force of their own gravity. Some black holes may also have developed soon after the Big Bang, or during high-energy collisions between objects in space. People sometimes talk about metaphorical black holes, places where things seem to disappear: maybe your dryer is a black hole for socks, for example. WORD FAMILYblack hole: black holes USAGE EXAMPLESLucia is the daughter of novelist James, a black hole who swallows both the world’s attention and domestic affection in industrial quantities. The Guardian(Dec 31, 2016) The waves are ripples in space-time caused by two massive black holes that crashed into each other more than 1 billion years ago. Wall Street Journal(Dec 30, 2016) Both “Assassin’s Creed” and “Passengers” seem to be hurt by the black hole created by “Rogue One” and middling reviews, a difficult combination. Los Angeles Times(Dec 24, 2016) n a region of space resulting from the collapse of a star; extremely high gravitational field Hyper part, region the extended spatial location of something |
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