英语词汇“comet tail”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

comet tail n. (a) the tail of a comet (cf. tail n.¹ 2b); (b) figurative something likened to a comet's tail, as a trailing appendage, cloud, or image.

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1675 E. Sherburne in tr. M. Manilius Sphere App. 212 (table) And so the whole Comet Tayl, and Chevelure taken altogether, took up no more than three or four Minutes of a Degree.

1759 Edinb. Mag. May 247/1 Its huge spire [sc. mast]..From which a bloody pendant stretch'd afar Its comet-tail, denouncing ample war.

1898 Science 23 Sept. 398/1 It was not until the study of the peculiarities of comet tails with portrait lenses that we knew anything of the strange phenomena shown by them.

1986 Video World (Festive Issue) 57/1 Panning across lights at night produced the usual comet-tails.

1992 Sci. Amer. May 93/1 A Chinese book of the Han records on silk 27 types of comet tail and what each brings as an omen.

2005 Evo June 107/1 The Monaro slithers and snakes in fine style,..kicking up a comet tail of choking ochre dust.

单词	comet tail
释义	> as lemmas comet tail comet tail n. (a) the tail of a comet (cf. tail n.¹ 2b); (b) figurative something likened to a comet's tail, as a trailing appendage, cloud, or image. ΚΠ 1675 E. Sherburne in tr. M. Manilius Sphere App. 212 (table) And so the whole Comet Tayl, and Chevelure taken altogether, took up no more than three or four Minutes of a Degree. 1759 Edinb. Mag. May 247/1 Its huge spire [sc. mast]..From which a bloody pendant stretch'd afar Its comet-tail, denouncing ample war. 1898 Science 23 Sept. 398/1 It was not until the study of the peculiarities of comet tails with portrait lenses that we knew anything of the strange phenomena shown by them. 1986 Video World (Festive Issue) 57/1 Panning across lights at night produced the usual comet-tails. 1992 Sci. Amer. May 93/1 A Chinese book of the Han records on silk 27 types of comet tail and what each brings as an omen. 2005 Evo June 107/1 The Monaro slithers and snakes in fine style,..kicking up a comet tail of choking ochre dust. extracted from cometn. < as lemmas
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