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单词 satellite
释义 satellite
 —satellited,  adj.  
 /sat"l uyt'/,  n.  
  1.  Astron.   a natural body that revolves around a planet; a moon.
  2. a country under the domination or influence of another.
  3. something, as a branch office or an off-campus facility of a university, that depends on, accompanies, or serves something else.
  4. an attendant or follower of another person, often subservient or obsequious in manner.
  5. a device designed to be launched into orbit around the earth, another planet, the sun, etc.
  adj.  
  6. of, pertaining to, or constituting a satellite: the nation's new satellite program.
  7. subordinate to another authority, outside power, or the like: summoned to a conference of satellite nations.
 [1540-50; 1955-60 for def. 2; < L satellit- (s. of satelles) attendant, member of bodyguard or retinue]
 Syn. 4. follower, supporter, companion, associate; lackey, parasite, sycophant, toady, flunky.
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