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单词 orb
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
orb /ɔrb/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. a round object, as a sphere or globe.
or•bic•u•lar /ɔrˈbɪkyəlɚ/USA pronunciation  adj. 

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
orb  (ôrb),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. a sphere or globe:a Christmas tree hung with brightly colored orbs.
  2. the eyeball or eye:He looks with blind orbs on an indifferent world.
  3. any of the heavenly bodies, as the sun or moon:He lay on the grass, warmed by that orb of day, the sun.
  4. Heraldrya globe bearing a cross;
    the mound or emblem of sovereignty, esp. as part of the regalia of England.
  5. Astrologythe number of degrees from exactness within which an aspect operates.
  6. a circle or something circular.
  7. Aerospace[Astron.](formerly) the orbit of a heavenly body.
  8. the earth.

v.t. 
  1. to form into a circle or sphere.
  2. [Archaic.]to encircle;
    enclose.

v.i. 
  1. to move in an orbit.
  2. to form into an orb or globe;
    round out.
  • Latin orbis circle, disk, orb
  • 1520–30
orbless, adj. 
orblike′, adj. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
orb /ɔːb/ n
  1. (in royal regalia) an ornamental sphere surmounted by a cross, representing the power of a sovereign
  2. a sphere; globe
  3. poetic
    another word for eye1
  4. obsolete or poetic a celestial body, esp the earth or sun
  5. the orbit of a celestial body
vb
  1. to make or become circular or spherical
  2. (transitive)
    an archaic word for encircle
Etymology: 16th Century: from Latin orbis circle, disc
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