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单词 orblike
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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. 

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