| 单词 | aurora borealis |
| 释义 | aurora borealis[ bawr-ee-al-is, -ey-lis, bohr- ] / ˌbɔr iˈæl ɪs, -ˈeɪ lɪs, ˌboʊr- / noun Meteorology.the aurora of the Northern Hemisphere. Also called northern lights, aurora polaris. Origin of aurora borealis1621; <New Latin: northern aurora; see boreal Words nearby aurora borealisaurist, Aurobindo, aurochs, Aurora, aurora australis, aurora borealis, auroral, auroral zone, aurorean, aurous, aurum Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for aurora borealis
British Dictionary definitions for aurora borealisaurora borealis / (ˌbɔːrɪˈeɪlɪs) / noun(sometimes capital) the aurora seen around the North PoleAlso called: northern lights Word Origin for aurora borealisC17: New Latin: northern aurora Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Cultural definitions for aurora borealisaurora borealis [ (uh-rawr-uh bawr-ee-al-is) ] A display of colored lights in the sky, also called northern lights, caused by the interaction of particles from the sun with the upper atmosphere near the North Pole. A similar display, called the aurora australis, occurs in the atmosphere above the South Pole. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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