| 单词 | apogee |
| 释义 | apogee —apogeal, apogean, apogeic, adj. /ap"euh jee'/, n. 1. Astron. the point in the orbit of a heavenly body, esp. the moon, or of a man-made satellite at which it is farthest from the earth. Cf. perigee. 2. the highest or most distant point; climax. [1585-95; alter. (after F apogée) of earlier apogaeum < L < Gk apógaion (diástema) off-earth (distance), neut. of apógaios (adj.), equiv. to apo- APO- + gáïos of the earth, deriv. of gaîa, var. of gê the earth] |
| 随便看 |
英语词典包含168451条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。