clear the neighborhood

短语

词形变化

cleared the neighborhood clearing the neighborhood clears the neighborhood 三单 clears the neighborhood clearing the neighborhood 现在分词 cleared the neighborhood 过去式 cleared the neighborhood 过去分词

别名

clear the neighbourhood

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To become gravitationally dominant, such that there are no other bodies of comparable size within its orbit, other than its natural satellites or those otherwise under its gravitational influence.

    天文

    Clearing the neighborhood is one of three necessary criteria for a celestial body to be considered a planet in the Solar System, according to the definition adopted in 2006 by the International Astronomical Union.

  2. 2.

    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see clear, the, neighborhood.