| 单词 | planet |
| 释义 | Related topics: Astronomyplan·et /ˈplænɪt/ ●●● W3 noun [countable] 1 HAa very large round object in space that moves around the Sun or another star 行星 Mercury is the smallest of all the planets. 水星是行星中最小的一颗。 Is there life on other planets? 其他行星上有生命吗？ the future of planet Earth 地球的未来 ► Don’t say ‘in a planet’. Say on a planet.不要说 ‘in a planet’. 而要说 on a planet.2 somebody is (living) on another planet/what planet is somebody on? spokenSTUPID/NOT SENSIBLE used humorously to say that someone’s ideas are not at all practical or sensible 某人是外星人〔幽默用法，表示某人的想法完全不切实际或不明智〕 He thinks motherhood is glamorous – what planet is he on? 他觉得当母亲令人向往--他是外星人吧？3 the planet WORLDthe world – used especially when talking about the environment 地球〔尤用于谈论环境〕 a safer future for the planet 地球更安全的将来 —planetary adjective [only before noun] the planetary system 行星系Examples from the Corpusplanet• In this way the differentiation of a planet may act to slow down the operation of the heat engine.• One of my boyfriends said that it's as if I was from another planet.• We will take the animals to different planets.• The entire planet is fluid, like a star.• Certainly, evidence of intelligent civilizations on planets orbiting distant stars would be an epochal event in human history.• It is almost certain that, during the Earth's early history, the planet was a frequent victim of cometary impacts.• Saturn is the planet with rings around it.• The orbital motion of the earth provided a causal explanation for why the planets appeared to meander across the sky.Origin planet (1100-1200) Old French planete, from Late Latin planeta, from Greek planes “wanderer”plan·et nounChineseSyllable in large space round Corpus very a that object |
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