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单词 meteor
释义 meteor
 —meteorlike,  adj.  
 /mee"tee euhr, -awr'/,  n.  
  1.  Astron.  
   a. a meteoroid that has entered the earth's atmosphere.
   b. a transient fiery streak in the sky produced by a meteoroid passing through the earth's atmosphere; a shooting star or bolide.
  2. any person or object that moves, progresses, becomes famous, etc., with spectacular speed.
  3. (formerly) any atmospheric phenomenon, as hail or a typhoon.
  4. (cap.) Mil. Britain's first operational jet fighter, a twin-engine aircraft that entered service in 1944.
 [1570-80; < NL meteorum < Gk metéoron meteor, a thing in the air, n. use of neut. of metéoros raised in the air, equiv. to met- MET- + eor- (var. s. of aéirein to raise) + -os adj. suffix]
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