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

　

单词	asteroid
释义	Trends of asteroid View usage for: asteroid (æstərɔɪd) Word forms: plural asteroids countable noun An asteroid is one of the very small planets that move around the sun between Mars and Jupiter. Synonyms: planetoid, minor planet More Synonyms of asteroid asteroid in British English (ˈæstəˌrɔɪd) noun 1. Also called: minor planet, planetoid any of numerous small celestial bodies that move around the sun mainly between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. Their diameters range from 930 kilometres (Ceres) to less than one kilometre 2. Also called: asteroidean (ˌæstəˈrɔɪdɪən) any echinoderm of the class Asteroidea; a starfish adjective also: asteroidal (ˌæstəˈrɔɪdəl) 3. of, relating to, or belonging to the class Asteroidea 4. shaped like a star Word origin C19: from Greek asteroeidēs starlike, from astēr a star asteroid in American English (ˈæstərˌɔɪd) adjective 1. starlike; shaped like a star or starfish noun 2. any of the thousands of small planets ranging from 1,000 km (621 mi) to less than one km (0.62 mi) in diameter, with orbits usually between those ofMars and Jupiter; minor planet; planetoid 3. Zoology starfish Word origin Gr asteroeidēs < astēr, star + eidēs, -oid Image of asteroid © Pavel Chagochkin, shutterstock Examples of 'asteroid' in a sentence asteroid Now it may get one of Earth's biggest asteroid impacts named after it. Times, Sunday Times (2016) We are something with more impact than a giant asteroid strike. Oliver Morton Eating the Sun: How Plants Power the Planet (2007) Strike an asteroid with a spacecraft to push it aside. Times, Sunday Times (2016) We know asteroids have hit earth before. The Sun (2010) The planet must have been hit by an asteroid or a comet. Radford, Tim & Leggett, Jeremy The Crisis of Life on Earth - our legacy from the second millenium (1990) Why is the asteroid belt split into a layer of rock and ice asteroids? Times, Sunday Times (2015) It took a giant asteroid from outer space to wipe them out. The Sun (2011) All that was missing was an asteroid strike. Times, Sunday Times (2010) Until recently we simply did not know enough about asteroids to worry. Times, Sunday Times (2008) All the Pythons have asteroids named after them. Times, Sunday Times (2013) To pose a threat to life, an asteroid must be large. Times, Sunday Times (2008) The collection also includes images of asteroids, comets and moons. Times, Sunday Times (2007) It shows they did not spread after an asteroid strike killed off dinosaurs 65 million years ago. The Sun (2007) This sounds like science fiction, but the evidence of large asteroid impacts in our history is well established. The Sun (2010) One day, we will have to move a comet or asteroid out of harm's way. The Sun (2013) About 16 per cent of asteroids are known to be so-called binary or triple systems. Times, Sunday Times (2013) One of the bestknown incidents was in 1908 when a small asteroid exploded above Siberia with the force of a nuclear bomb. Times, Sunday Times (2013) The remains of the largest asteroid known to have hit Earth have been discovered deep beneath the desert in the Australian outback. Times, Sunday Times (2015) To top it all off, last week I was told another asteroid may be named after me. Times, Sunday Times (2011) Second, that the film-makers saw fit to jazz up the original story with the search for a giant radioactive asteroid guarded by monkey warriors. Times, Sunday Times (2014) This makes it larger than the asteroid that collided with the Earth 66 million yearsago and is widely blamed for the demise of the dinosaurs. Times, Sunday Times (2016) In other languages asteroid British English: asteroid NOUN An asteroid is one of the very small planets that move around the sun between Mars and Jupiter. American English: asteroid Brazilian Portuguese: asteroide Chinese: 小行星 European Spanish: asteroide French: astéroïde German: Asteroid Italian: asteroide Japanese: 小惑星 Korean: 소행성 European Portuguese: asteroide Latin American Spanish: asteroide (noun) in the sense of planetoid It's only a matter of time before a giant asteroid destroys the Earth. Synonyms planetoid minor planet subject word lists See Asteroids Nearby words of asteroid assurance assure assured asteroid astir astonish astonished Synonyms of 'asteroid' asteroid Explore 'asteroid' in the dictionary
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