meteor

/mee-tee-er, -awr/US // ˈmi ti ər, -ˌɔr //UK // (ˈmiːtɪə) //

流星,陨石,陨落,陨星

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : Astronomy. a meteoroid that has entered the earth's atmosphere.a transient fiery streak in the sky produced by a meteoroid passing through the earth's atmosphere; a shooting star or bolide.
- : any person or object that moves, progresses, becomes famous, etc., with spectacular speed.
- : any atmospheric phenomenon, as hail or a typhoon.
- : Military. Britain's first operational jet fighter, a twin-engine aircraft that entered service in 1944.

nounanything that progresses with spectacular speed

Synonyms

Instead, bundle up, head outside and look up, because meteors can streak through any part of the sky.
The sudden flash of a shooting star is a delight, and its luster isn’t dimmed by the knowledge that meteor showers are merely the visible manifestation of space dust.
Over billions of years, asteroids and meteors have slammed into the moon.
Rare meteors might even be able to travel between Mars and Earth in a few months or years.
Scientists were so busy searching for the asteroid 2012 DA14, they missed the meteor that exploded over Russia in 2013 — leaving meteorites scattered behind.
A meteor streaked across Russia last Friday, igniting the sky with an ethereal explosion of light.
Astrophysicists say it was a bolide, or a meteor that explodes in the air.
Some industrious Chelyabinsk citizen has already offered to sell a piece of the meteor for a souvenir.
The idea had a short but powerful resonance: why did the meteor explode above ground, people wondered?
This RT video shows an office getting its window blown out by the shockwave from the meteor.
But it was all swift as a passing meteor, and when I looked a second time his face was normal and he was looking among the trees.
And darned if each meteor didn't strike dead center of each plant network.

/mee-tee-er, -awr/US // ˈmi ti ər, -ˌɔr //UK // (ˈmiːtɪə) //

流星,陨石,陨落,陨星

n.名词 noun

1
- : Astronomy. a meteoroid that has entered the earth's atmosphere.a transient fiery streak in the sky produced by a meteoroid passing through the earth's atmosphere; a shooting star or bolide.
- : any person or object that moves, progresses, becomes famous, etc., with spectacular speed.
- : any atmospheric phenomenon, as hail or a typhoon.
- : Military. Britain's first operational jet fighter, a twin-engine aircraft that entered service in 1944.

nounanything that progresses with spectacular speed

Synonyms

Instead, bundle up, head outside and look up, because meteors can streak through any part of the sky.
The sudden flash of a shooting star is a delight, and its luster isn’t dimmed by the knowledge that meteor showers are merely the visible manifestation of space dust.
Over billions of years, asteroids and meteors have slammed into the moon.
Rare meteors might even be able to travel between Mars and Earth in a few months or years.
Scientists were so busy searching for the asteroid 2012 DA14, they missed the meteor that exploded over Russia in 2013 — leaving meteorites scattered behind.
A meteor streaked across Russia last Friday, igniting the sky with an ethereal explosion of light.
Astrophysicists say it was a bolide, or a meteor that explodes in the air.
Some industrious Chelyabinsk citizen has already offered to sell a piece of the meteor for a souvenir.
The idea had a short but powerful resonance: why did the meteor explode above ground, people wondered?
This RT video shows an office getting its window blown out by the shockwave from the meteor.
But it was all swift as a passing meteor, and when I looked a second time his face was normal and he was looking among the trees.
And darned if each meteor didn't strike dead center of each plant network.