单词	eclipse
释义	eclipse I. \ə̇ˈklips, ēˈk- sometimes ˈēˌk-\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English, from Old French, from Latin eclipsis, from Greek ekleipsis, literally, abandonment, cessation, from ekleipein to leave out, abandon, cease, from ek out of, out (from ex) + leipein to leave — more at ex-, loan 1.  a. : the obscuration of one celestial body by another   < an eclipse of the sun by the moon >   : the passing into the shadow of a celestial body   < an eclipse of the moon in the earth's shadow >   : the cutting off of some or all of the light from one celestial body by another (as in an eclipsing variable) — compare annularity, appulse, contact, occultation, shadow transit, totality, transit  b. : the period or phase of darkness of an occulting light 2. : the act or process or an instance of falling into obscurity, disuse, or disgrace : a temporary or permanent disappearance : decline, downfall  < mourned the eclipse of the hereditary upper class >  < the eclipse of the familiar essay will be slow — Clifton Fadiman > : a period or condition of obscurity or disgrace  < returned to Versailles after a temporary eclipse at court — Evelyn G. Cruickshanks > or of decline or decay  < in the seventeenth century science came out of a long eclipse — R.W.Livingstone > 3. : the assuming of dull eclipse plumage after the mating season (as by the normally brilliantly colored males of certain ducks); also : the state of a bird in such plumage [eclipse 1a: S sun, E earth, M moon in solar eclipse, M1 moon in lunar eclipse] II. verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: Middle English eclipsen, from eclipse, n. transitive verb 1. : to cause the obscuration of : darken by or as if by an eclipse  < the moon eclipses the sun >  < when the sun is artificially eclipsed in a special telescope — Hugh Odishaw > 2.  a. : to reduce especially in importance or repute : cast down (as into obscurity or disgrace)   < this … monocled military order was only eclipsed but never eliminated by the Versailles Treaty — G.W.Speyer >   : extinguish   < whose sudden death … eclipsed the gaiety of so many of his faithful readers — Times Literary Supplement >  b. : to make insignificant by comparison : throw into the shade   < whose history eclipses that of the English colonies as a stirring and fascinating romance — A.L.Burt >   : surpass, excel   < a new quarterly aluminum-production record … eclipsing the previous record — Wall Street Journal > 3. : to cause eclipsis of (a sound) intransitive verb : to suffer an eclipse Synonyms: see obscure
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