gas giant

短语

n. 气体巨星, 主要由气体组成的巨行星, 如木星、土星、天王星和海王星。

词形变化

gas giants 复数 gas giants

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A large planet composed mostly of gaseous hydrogen and helium, along with methane and ammonia; possibly with a solid core.

    气态巨行星

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词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

Jovian planet

上位词 2

planet major planet

词源

From gas + giant, coined by American science-fiction writer James Blish and first attested in 1952 in a rewritten version of his 1941 short story Solar Plexus.

来源：wiktionary