单词 | meteor storm |
释义 | > as lemmasmeteor storm meteor storm n. Astronomy a particularly intense meteor shower, esp. occurring when the earth intercepts a meteor stream soon after the originating comet has passed. ΚΠ 1872 R. Proctor Meteors & Shooting-Stars in Eclectic Mag. Nov. 626/2 We should have been on the sheltered part of the Earth—to leeward, so to speak, of the meteor storm. 1948 Astounding Sci. Fiction Sept. 125/2 I was surgeon of the Aurora when she hit a meteor storm three light-years sun-side of Arcturus five years ago. 1994 Sky & Telescope Aug. 73/1 What we got was a peak zenithal hourly rate of roughly 300, much better than average but no meteor storm. < as lemmas |
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