单词 | gas giant |
释义 | gas giant (once / 151530 pages) n WORD FAMILY gas giant: gas giants USAGE EXAMPLESSome are baking-hot gas giants that zoom around their host stars in days. Economist(Nov 24, 2016) As for energy, the intermediaries between Gazprom, Russia’s state natural gas giant, and Naftogaz, its Ukrainian counterpart—a vast source of corruption—are gone. Economist(Oct 20, 2016) Statoil, the Norwegian oil and gas giant, is already developing what could become the first commercial-scale floating wind farm, off the coast of Scotland. New York Times(Sep 29, 2016) n any of the four outermost planets in the solar system; much larger than Earth and gaseous in nature (like Jupiter) Syn|Exp|Hyper Jovian planet Jupiter the largest planet and the 5th from the sun; has many satellites and is one of the brightest objects in the night sky Neptunea giant planet with a ring of ice particles; the 8th planet from the sun is the most remote of the gas giants Saturna giant planet that is surrounded by three planar concentric rings of ice particles; the 6th planet from the sun Uranusa giant planet with a ring of ice particles; the 7th planet from the sun has a blue-green color and many satellites major planet, planet (astronomy) any of the nine large celestial bodies in the solar system that revolve around the sun and shine by reflected light; Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto in order of their proximity to the sun; viewed from the constellation Hercules, all the planets rotate around the sun in a counterclockwise direction |
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