| 单词 | solar year |
| 释义 | solar1 /sōˈlər/adjective
ORIGIN: L sōlāris solar, sōlārium a sundial, from sōl the sun solarimeter /-imˈit-ər/ noun A device for measuring solar radiation sōˈlarism noun Excessive use of solar myths in the explanation of mythology sōˈlarist noun solāˈrium noun
sōlarīzāˈtion or sōlarīsāˈtion noun
sōˈlarize or sōˈlarise transitive verb To expose to sunlight or affect by such exposure, esp excessive or injurious exposure intransitive verbTo be so affected solar battery noun A battery of solar cells solar cell noun A photoelectric cell converting sunlight into electric power solar constant noun (astronomy) The rate at which the sun's energy reaches the earth's surface, equal to approx 1370 watts per square metre solar day see under day solar eclipse noun An eclipse of the sun by the interposition of the moon solar energy noun Energy obtained from the sun's rays, esp when used for home-heating, etc solar flare noun A short-lived bright outburst in the sun's chromosphere, generally associated with sun spots and often the cause of radio and magnetic disturbances on earth solar furnace noun A furnace using sunlight (guided and focused by a system of mirrors) as a heat source solar heating noun A method of providing hot water, esp for domestic heating systems, by collecting heat radiated by the sun in water passed through solar panels solar microscope noun An obsolete apparatus for projecting an enlarged image solar month see under month solar myth noun A sun-myth, or a myth allegorizing the course of the sun solar noise noun A hissing background noise heard in radio communication, due to radiation from the sun and its atmosphere solar panel noun A panel of solar cells, esp when used to provide domestic heating or power for spacecraft, etc solar plexus noun (anatomy) A network of sympathetic nerves high in the back of the abdomen (so called from its radiating nerves; also called coeliac plexus) solar power noun Solar energy sōˈlar-powered adjective solar prominences plural noun Large prominent or protruding parts of the great volumes of heated gas surrounding the sun solar salt noun Salt got by evaporation of seawater by the sun solar system noun The sun with its attendant bodies, ie major and minor planets, meteors, comets, satellites solar time see under time solar wind noun Charged particles emitted by the sun, travelling at about one and a half million kilometres an hour solar year see under year year /yēr or yûr/noun (pl years or, used adjectivally with a preceding numeral, year, eg a three-year period)
ORIGIN: OE gēar; Ger Jahr, ON ār, Gr hōrā season yearˈling noun
yearˈly adjective
A publication appearing, an event occurring, etc, once a year yearˈbook noun A book published annually, reviewing the events of the past year year-endˈ noun The end of the (esp financial) year (also adjective) yearˈlong adjective Lasting a year year-on-yearˈ adjective (economics) Of figures, set against figures for the equivalent period in the previous year yearˈ-round adjective Existing, lasting, open, etc throughout the year anomalistic year A year as measured by the earth's time of passage from perihelion to perihelion, ie 365 days, 6 hours, 13 minutes, 49 seconds astronomical year A year as measured by the time between two occurrences of the same equinox or solstice, ie the time taken for one complete mean apparent circuit of the ecliptic by the sun, ie 365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes, 46 seconds (also called the equinoctial, natural, solar or tropical year) calendar year same as legal year below. canicular year The Sothic year (see under Sothic) civil year same as legal year below. ecclesiastical year The year as arranged in the ecclesiastical calendar, with the saints' days, festivals, etc embolismic year A year of thirteen lunar months (384 days) occurring in a lunisolar calendar such as that of the Jews equinoctial year see astronomical year above. financial year see under finance fiscal year see under fiscal great year see Platonic year below. Hebrew year A lunisolar year, of 12 or 13 months of 29 or 30 days (in every cycle of nineteen years the 6th, 8th, 11th, 14th, 17th and 19th having thirteen months instead of twelve) Julian year The year according to the Julian calendar (introduced by Julius Caesar, modified by Augustus; superseded by the Gregorian calendar), a period of 3651/4 days, longer than an astronomical year by about 11 minutes (see also style) leap year see above. legal year The year by which dates are reckoned (it has begun on different dates at different periods in history, and for six centuries before 1752 it began in England on 25 March since when (earlier in Scotland) it has begun on 1 January) lunar year A period of twelve lunar months or 354 days natural year see astronomical year above. Platonic year A cycle of years at the end of which the heavenly bodies were supposed to be again in the same place as at the Creation (also called great or perfect year) sabbatical year see under Sabbath sidereal year The period required by the sun to move from a given star to the same star again, having a mean value of 365 days, 6 hours, 9 minutes, 9.6 seconds solar or tropical year see astronomical year above. the year dot see under dot1 the Year of Grace, or of our Lord A formula used in stating any particular year since Christ's birth year in, year out
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