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单词 meteorolite
释义

meteor /mēˈtyər, -ti-ər or -ti-ör/

noun
  1. Orig, any atmospheric phenomenon (now rare)
  2. A luminous appearance
  3. One of countless small bodies travelling through space, seen when they enter the earth's atmosphere as aerolites, fireballs or shooting stars
  4. Anything brilliant or dazzling but short-lived (figurative)
ORIGIN: Gr ta meteōra things on high, from meta and the root of aeirein to lift

meteoric /mē-ti-orˈik/ adjective

  1. Above the earth's surface
  2. Atmospheric
  3. Influenced by weather
  4. Of or relating to meteors in any sense
  5. Of the nature of a meteor
  6. Transiently flashing like a meteor
  7. Remarkably rapid (figurative)

meteorˈically adverb

In the manner of a meteor

meˈteorist noun

An expert on meteors

meˈteorite noun

A meteor that has fallen to earth as a lump of stone or metal

meteoritˈic, meteoritˈical or meˈteorital /-īt-l/ adjective

meteoritˈicist noun

meteoritˈics singular noun

The science or study of meteors

meˈteorogram noun

A meteorograph record

meˈteorograph noun

An instrument by which several meteorological elements are recorded in combination

meˈteoroid noun

A meteor that has not reached the earth's atmosphere

meteoroidˈal adjective

meˈteorolite noun

(Gr lithos stone) a meteoric stone

meteorologˈic or meteorologˈical adjective

meteorologˈically adverb

meteorolˈogist noun

meteorolˈogy noun

The study of weather and climate

meˈteorous adjective

(or, esp in poetry /mē-tēˈər-əs/) like a meteor, meteoric

meteor crater noun

A crater formed by the fall of a meteor

meteoric iron noun

Iron as found in meteorites

meteoric stones plural noun

Aerolites

Meteorological Office noun

A government department issuing weather forecasts, etc

meteorological satellite noun

A satellite used for weather observation and forecasting, carrying television cameras to transmit cloud-formation changes and radiometers to measure terrestrial and solar radiation

meteor shower, meteoric shower, meteor storm or meteoric storm noun

The profusion of meteors visible as the earth passes through a meteor swarm

meteor streams plural noun

Streams of dust revolving about the sun, whose intersection by the earth causes meteor showers

meteor swarm noun

A number of meteoroids travelling on parallel courses

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