eclipse

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n. 日食, 月食, (地位名誉等的)消失 vt. 引起日食, 引起月食, 使黯然失色

发音

US /ɪˈklɪps/

词形变化

eclipses 复数 eclipses eclipsed eclipses 三单 eclipsest eclipseth eclipsing eclipsing 现在分词 eclipsed 过去式 eclipsed 过去分词

教材释义与例句

名词

日蚀,月蚀;黯然失色

动词

使黯然失色;形成蚀

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An alignment of astronomical objects whereby one object comes between the observer (or notional observer) and another object, thus obscuring the latter.

    可数 不可数 天文
  2. 2.

    Especially, an alignment whereby a planetary object (for example, the Moon) comes between the Sun and another planetary object (for example, the Earth), resulting in a shadow being cast by the middle planetary object onto the other planetary object.

    日食

    日蚀

    月食

    月蚀

    交食

    可数 不可数
  3. 3.

    A seasonal state of plumage in some birds, notably ducks, adopted temporarily after the breeding season and characterised by a dull and scruffy appearance.

    可数 不可数 生物 动物学
  4. 4.

    Obscurity, decline, downfall.

    可数 不可数
v.
  1. 1.

    Of astronomical or atmospheric bodies, to cause an eclipse.

    及物

    The Moon eclipsed the Sun.

  2. 2.

    To overshadow; to be better or more noticeable than.

    比喻 及物
  3. 3.

    To undergo eclipsis.

    语言学

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词源

From Old French eclipse, from Latin eclīpsis, from Ancient Greek ἔκλειψις (ékleipsis, “eclipse”), from ἐκλείπω (ekleípō, “to abandon, go missing, vanish”), from ἐκ (ek, “out”) and λείπω (leípō, “to leave behind”). Doublet of eclipsis.

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