单词 | Baily's beads |
释义 | Baily's beads /bay"leez/ spots of light that appear to encircle the moon, resembling a string of luminous beads, visible immediately before and after a total eclipse, caused by the sun's light shining between the mountains on the moon's surface. Cf. diamond ring effect. [named after Francis Baily (1774-1844), English astronomer who first described them] |
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