单词	eclipse
释义	eclipse1 nouneclipse2 verb eclipsee‧clipse1 /ɪˈklɪps/ ●○○ noun Word Origin WORD ORIGINeclipse1 Origin: 1200-1300 Old French, Greek ekleipsis, from ekleipein ‘to leave out, fail’ Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES the eclipse of Europe's prestige after World War I EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS No solar eclipses will be visible from the United States in 1996, and only two will be visible from Earth. Public disillusion has hastened the eclipse. She felt unenthusiastic and listless about the eclipse and couldn't see why everyone else was making such a fuss. The eclipse of electricity as a means of propulsion has been one of the more curious facets of the evolution of transport. The fragility of the evidence anticipates the eclipse of fact by legend. To see these activities as representing the apotheosis of Morris Zapp and the eclipse of Phillip Swallow is tempting but too simple. When the dark edge of the satellite passed across a star, it dimmed briefly before the moment of eclipse. Yet, today, empires east and west are in eclipse. word sets WORD SETS► Astronomy asteroid, nounastro-, prefixastronaut, nounastronomical, adjectiveastronomy, nounastrophysics, nounAU, aurora borealis, nounBig Bang, the, nounblack hole, nouncelestial, adjectivecomet, nounconstellation, nouncorona, nouncosmic, adjectivecosmic ray, nouncosmology, nouncosmonaut, noundead, adjectiveearth, nouneclipse, nouneclipse, verbecliptic, nounequinox, nounescape velocity, nounextraterrestrial, adjectivegalactic, adjectivegalaxy, noungeostationary orbit, nounHubble Space Telescope, the, infinity, nounintergalactic, adjectiveinterplanetary, adjectiveinterstellar, adjectiveJupiter, nounlaunch, verblaunch, nounlight year, nounLittle Bear, lunar, adjectivelunar month, nounmagnitude, nounMars, nounMercury, nounmeteor, nounmeteoric, adjectivemeteorite, nounMilky Way, the, month, nounmoon, nounmorning star, nounNASA, nounnebula, nounNeptune, nounnew moon, nounnova, nounobservatory, nounorbit, verborbit, nounorbiter, nounouter space, nounphase, nounplanet, nounplanetarium, nounplasma, nounPluto, nounquadrant, nounquarter, nounquasar, nounradio telescope, nounring, nounrocket, nounsatellite, nounSaturn, nounsea, nounshooting star, nounsolar, adjectivesolar system, nounspace, nounspace capsule, nounspacecraft, nounspace probe, nounspaceship, nounspace shuttle, nounspace station, nounstar, nounstargazer, nounsteady state theory, nounstellar, adjectivesun, nounsunspot, nounsupernova, nountelescope, nountelescopic, adjectiveterrestrial, adjectiveUranus, nounVenus, nounwane, verbwax, verbwhite dwarf, nounworld, nounzenith, noun Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRYadjectives► a solar eclipse (also an eclipse of the Sun) (=one in which the Sun is hidden behind the Moon)· You need to wear protective glasses to view a solar eclipse. ► a lunar eclipse (also an eclipse of the Moon) (=one in which the Moon is hidden behind the Sun)· If it's cloudy, it may not be possible to see the lunar eclipse. ► a partial eclipse (=one in which the Sun or Moon is not completely hidden)· A partial eclipse of the Sun will occur on August 28th. ► a total eclipse (=one in which the Sun or Moon is completely hidden)· The best places to witness the Sun's total eclipse are in southern Africa and South America. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► lunar · It shows the moon's state every day of the year, as well as solar and lunar eclipses.· Sept. 26: Second lunar eclipse.· However, the recent lunar eclipse and Mercury in retrograde motion signify the financial position is much too uncertain.· Solar and lunar eclipses, however, occurred far too rarely to provide any meaningful aid to navigation.· You can also plot comets and minor planets as well as predict solar and lunar eclipses.· It is a clear day, which should be ideal for watching the lunar eclipse that is expected tonight. ► solar · It shows the moon's state every day of the year, as well as solar and lunar eclipses.· No solar eclipses will be visible from the United States in 1996, and only two will be visible from Earth.· That special trams were run to enable people to view a solar eclipse?· As the day of the solar eclipse approached, Ellie received many invitations from well meaning friends.· Twenty-one shots of the solar eclipse hang beside a woman bending over in the bath.· But when you have a solar eclipse in your sign at Christmas, things are going a bit too far.· This is a total solar eclipse. ► total · Cancer 23 June to 23 July A total eclipse of the Sun doesn't happen all that often.· It was March and interest in the total eclipse of the sun, due on June 21, was beginning to spark.· As the Monster waxes, so Jimbo wanes; total eclipse is a whisker away.· This is a total solar eclipse.· In that year, there was a total eclipse of the Sun visible from Britain on 3 May.· Consequently the dates of total solar eclipses form a rather complex sequence. 1[countable] an occasion when the Sun or the Moon cannot be seen, because the Earth is passing directly between the Moon and the Sun, or because the Moon is passing directly between the Earth and the Sun:  an eclipse of the Sun a total eclipse2[singular] a situation in which someone or something loses their power or fame, because someone or something else has become more powerful or famous:  Many people expected the growth of television to mean the eclipse of radio.3in eclipse formal less famous or powerful than you should be:  Mrs Bosanquet’s novels are now in eclipse.COLLOCATIONSadjectivesa solar eclipse (also an eclipse of the Sun) (=one in which the Sun is hidden behind the Moon)· You need to wear protective glasses to view a solar eclipse.a lunar eclipse (also an eclipse of the Moon) (=one in which the Moon is hidden behind the Sun)· If it's cloudy, it may not be possible to see the lunar eclipse.a partial eclipse (=one in which the Sun or Moon is not completely hidden)· A partial eclipse of the Sun will occur on August 28th.a total eclipse (=one in which the Sun or Moon is completely hidden)· The best places to witness the Sun's total eclipse are in southern Africa and South America. eclipse1 nouneclipse2 verb eclipseeclipse2 ●○○ verb [transitive] Verb Table VERB TABLE eclipse Simple Form Present I, you, we, they eclipse he, she, it eclipses Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they eclipsed Present perfect I, you, we, they have eclipsed he, she, it has eclipsed Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had eclipsed Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will eclipse Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have eclipsed Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Eclipsed by the US champion at last year's Olympic games, Schofield has decided to retire. Channel 5's tremendous line-up of TV programmes has eclipsed its competitors' best efforts. Zubero's time of 1:56.57 eclipsed the world record. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS A half hour later the swells had eclipsed the boat and the snow had thickened. Finally we come to sight, the most human of senses, the one which normally eclipses all the others. From nowhere last fall, he has eclipsed all but Sen. His nearness eclipsed all other sensations. Intense searches have revealed no optical or other signal from the partner, nor does it eclipse the quasar. It even eclipsed Netscape, the highly touted Internet firm, which had a first-day gain of 108 percent. That was not the first ethnic bloc seeking to influence foreign policy, but it eclipsed predecessors. The old realm of Caledor was eclipsed by other realms including the fast-rising mercantile city-state of Lothern. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorvery much better than someone or something► be/stand head and shoulders above informal to be clearly doing very much better at something than someone else: · Winger's stands head and shoulders above every other restaurant in town.· Kander and Ebb are head and shoulders above the others writing for the musical theater these days. ► there's no comparison spoken use this to emphasize that one person or thing is clearly much better than someone or something else: · "Which apartment do you prefer?'' "Well, there's no comparison. The first one we saw is bigger, quieter, and has much nicer furniture.'' ► put somebody/something in the shade British to be so much better than others that their achievements are made to seem ordinary: · Coca Cola's prize-winning advertising campaign has put all others in the shade.· The generous response of the public to the disaster puts the government's contribution somewhat in the shade. ► eclipse written to be so much better than someone or something else that they are made to seem unimportant and not worth paying any attention to: · Channel 5's tremendous line-up of TV programmes has eclipsed its competitors' best efforts.· Eclipsed by the US champion at last year's Olympic Games, Schofield has decided to retire. ► be in a different league if someone is in a different league , they are so much better and more skilful than someone who does similar work that it would be stupid even to compare them: · You can't possibly compare Thomas Hardy and Wilkie Collins - Hardy is in a different league. ► put somebody/something to shame to be so much better than someone else that they feel slightly embarrassed by their own lack of skill or quality: · The elegant way she was dressed put the rest of us to shame.· Acapulco is a cosmopolitan city with a nightlife that puts Rio to shame. ► run rings around informal to perform with much greater skill than someone else in a competitive activity such as a sport or an argument: run rings around somebody: · It's no use arguing with Sophie -- she can run rings around anyone who disagrees with her.· Tottenham Hotspur are running rings around Arsenal in the most exciting cup final in years. ► be streets ahead British informal to be very much better than something of the same type or than someone you are competing with: be streets ahead of: · The script is original and funny, streets ahead of any other situation comedy.· We don't need to worry about this year's sales figures -- they're streets ahead of the competition. ► leave somebody standing British to be so much better at something than other people that they cannot possibly compete successfully with you: · It seems that in this campaign the Labour candidate has left the opposition standing.· Julie's an excellent typist -- her speed and accuracy leave the rest of us standing. WORD SETS► Astronomy asteroid, nounastro-, prefixastronaut, nounastronomical, adjectiveastronomy, nounastrophysics, nounAU, aurora borealis, nounBig Bang, the, nounblack hole, nouncelestial, adjectivecomet, nounconstellation, nouncorona, nouncosmic, adjectivecosmic ray, nouncosmology, nouncosmonaut, noundead, adjectiveearth, nouneclipse, nouneclipse, verbecliptic, nounequinox, nounescape velocity, nounextraterrestrial, adjectivegalactic, adjectivegalaxy, noungeostationary orbit, nounHubble Space Telescope, the, infinity, nounintergalactic, adjectiveinterplanetary, adjectiveinterstellar, adjectiveJupiter, nounlaunch, verblaunch, nounlight year, nounLittle Bear, lunar, adjectivelunar month, nounmagnitude, nounMars, nounMercury, nounmeteor, nounmeteoric, adjectivemeteorite, nounMilky Way, the, month, nounmoon, nounmorning star, nounNASA, nounnebula, nounNeptune, nounnew moon, nounnova, nounobservatory, nounorbit, verborbit, nounorbiter, nounouter space, nounphase, nounplanet, nounplanetarium, nounplasma, nounPluto, nounquadrant, nounquarter, nounquasar, nounradio telescope, nounring, nounrocket, nounsatellite, nounSaturn, nounsea, nounshooting star, nounsolar, adjectivesolar system, nounspace, nounspace capsule, nounspacecraft, nounspace probe, nounspaceship, nounspace shuttle, nounspace station, nounstar, nounstargazer, nounsteady state theory, nounstellar, adjectivesun, nounsunspot, nounsupernova, nountelescope, nountelescopic, adjectiveterrestrial, adjectiveUranus, nounVenus, nounwane, verbwax, verbwhite dwarf, nounworld, nounzenith, noun 1if the Moon eclipses the Sun, the Sun cannot be seen behind the Moon, and if the Earth eclipses the Moon, the Moon cannot be seen because the Earth is between the Sun and the Moon2to become more important, powerful, famous etc than someone or something else, so that they are no longer noticed → overshadow:  The economy had eclipsed the environment as an election issue. He was eclipsed by his more famous sister.GRAMMAR Eclipse is often passive in this meaning.
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