| 单词 | asteroid field |
| 释义 | > as lemmasasteroid field asteroid field n. chiefly Science Fiction a region of space containing a large number of asteroids; cf. asteroid belt n. ΚΠ 1942 R. F. Jones in Astounding Sci. Fiction Feb. 75/2 The crazy kid, instead of curving up over the asteroid field, he's smashing through the thick of them at nearly four gees. 1980 L. Brackett & L. Kasdan Empire strikes Back (transcribed from film) [C-3PO] ‘Sir, the possibility of successfully navigating an asteroid field is approximately three thousand, seven hundred and twenty to one’. [Han Solo] ‘Never tell me the odds!’. 1996 Austin (Texas) Amer.-Statesman (Nexis) 13 Oct. b1 Shown on his computer is an image of an asteroid field, a group of mountain-sized rocks that reside by the millions in a 100-million-mile-wide belt between Mars and Jupiter. 2004 D. Ward & K. Dilmore Start Trek: Time to Harvest (e-book ed.) xii Medicines were soon developed that allowed our people to live in the asteroid field for extended periods. < as lemmas |
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