asteroid
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英 ['æst?.r??d]
詞形變化
復數：asteroids
英漢雙解
1. | 小行星any one of the many small planets that go around the sun |
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例句
It came out of the clear, blue sky - just like an asteroid.
這[消息]是從晴朗的藍天而來-如一顆小行星般。
A small fraction of the rocks blasted off Mars by asteroid or comet impacts could have reached Earth in just a few years.
小行星或彗星在撞擊火星時，所轟出的巖石之中，有少數可以在僅僅數年之內就抵達地球。更詳細。
Noise proves nothing. Often a hen who has merely laid an egg cackles as if she had laid an asteroid.
噪聲不能證明什么。母雞產下一只蛋，往往大聲啼叫，好像產下小行星似的。
The spacecraft hovers near the asteroid, with its thrusters angled outwards so that the exhaust does not impinge on the surface.
太空船靠近小行星盤旋，它角度向外的使用它矯正艙身的火箭排氣，不直接撞擊小行星表面上。
That means an asteroid made of iron or frozen water suddenly becomes a resource that can be mined and used for space exploration.
那意味著一顆由鐵或凍結的水組成的小行星突然成為一種可以為探索宇宙而開采和使用的資源。
A carefully selected asteroid with the right density and strength could be hollowed out for an underground base to be established.
一個精心挑選合適的小行星密度和力量可以挖了一個地下基地。
The advantage of such a "gravitational tractor" , as Dr Lu has dubbed it, is that it is more likely to leave the asteroid intact.
魯博士將其稱之為“重力牽引器”，其優勢在于極有可能將小行星完好無損地攆走。
Before the terrorist attacks on the US, this number was also attached to a type of porsche and a trojan asteroid that orbits the sun.
在美國遭遇恐怖襲擊前，911就已經是保時捷的一個系列了，環繞太陽軌道運行的特洛伊小行星軌道號。
It (an asteroid) dust up into the atmosphere, and the dust stayed there for so long that the vegetation died off and the dinosaurs with it.
它（小行星）使塵埃沖上大氣層，久久地籠罩著天空，植物死去了，恐龍也都滅絕了。
If that asteroid were to suddenly become as big as a moon, it would indeed rearrange itself gradually into a sphere.
如果一個小行星突然變得和月亮那么大，那它將會逐漸重新調整自己最終成為一個球型。
As I'm sure you know, we found that there was a moon orbiting around an asteroid, first time ever that was suspected.
我相信你知道我們已經觀測到一個月亮正在圍繞一個小行星運轉。
Its position in the sky makes it a so-called Trojan asteroid - a type previously detected only at Jupiter, Neptune and Mars.
它在天空的位置使其被稱為特洛伊小行星——此前僅在木星、海王星和火星探測到的一種類型
Astronomers have long thought that the asteroid belt is being ground down through collisions, but such a smashup has never been seen before.
長期以來天文家們推測小行星帶會因為碰撞而粉碎但類似的景象以前從未被觀測到。
Asteroids are minor planets, most of which circle the sun in a region known as the asteroid belt, between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.
小行星是較小的行星，它們中的大部分在火星和木星軌道間的小行星帶中環繞太陽運行。
Astronomers have detected an asteroid not far from Earth, moving in the same orbit around the Sun.
天文學家在距離地球不遠處發現一顆與地球繞日軌道相同的小行星。
Navigate asteroid belts and prepare to fight for your life or to the death against the galactic invaders.
導航的小行星帶，并準備去爭取你的生活，或者死亡對銀河系的侵略者。
Of course, in the event of a disaster big enough to wipe out all humans, such as a colossal asteroid strike, it would not really matter.
當然，萬一遭到一次足以毀滅全人類的災難，例如行星撞地球，這個問題將會無關緊要。
If they were, it might make sense to go on to an asteroid or one of the moons of Jupiter, but they're not.
如果是的話，那么他們繼續向小行星、或者木星的衛星派出探測器還有些意義。但他們并不是。
Dodge being hit in an asteroid belt, and get ready to land as you approach a deserted moonscape.
道奇被擊中的小行星帶，并準備好土地作為你的方法一個荒蕪的月球表面。
He was an early proponent of the theory that life on Earth may have come from Mars in rocks ejected by asteroid and comet impacts.
他是這項理論早期的支持者：地球生命也許來自火星，通過小行星和彗星沖撞而由巖石噴射而出。
When an astronomer discovers one of these he does not give it a name, but only a number. He might call it, for example, "Asteroid 325. "
當一個天文學者發現了其中一個星星，他就給它編上一個號碼，例如把它稱作“325小行星”。
Although very tiny, each photon carries a small amount of momentum away from the asteroid, giving it a tiny kick.
盡管非常微弱，但每一個光子都攜帶著微量的動量離開小行星，給小行星形成一種微弱的反沖。
Another way, in which life could fail to develop to an intelligent stage, would be if an asteroid or comet were to collide with the planet.
從另一方面考慮，生命未能發展到具有智能的階段，是否可能是小行星或彗星與行星發生了碰撞。
After a year of studying Vesta, Dawn is scheduled to leave orbit and, in 2015, approach the only asteroid-belt object that is larger: Ceres.
一年后，黎明號探測器將離開灶神星的軌道，計劃在2015年到達谷神星，它是小行星帶中唯一一顆比灶神星大的小行星。
At first, astronomers thought it might be a so-called "main belt comet" --a rare case of a comet orbiting in the asteroid belt.
起先，天文學家們認為這種景象不過是所謂的“主帶彗星”——即較為少見的軌道在小行星主帶內的彗星。
If that turns out to be from an asteroid impact, it would be the largest crater found on Earth. Ever.
如果這是由行星撞擊所形成，毫無疑問，它將是地球上最大的隕石坑。
"In the case of a planet, the hole is carved out by an asteroid or comet impact. "
“對于行星，這個洞就是由小行星或彗星碰撞打開的。”
DOUG JOHNSON: Professor Drake says another way to move the asteroid would be to paint one side of the dark rock white.
道格約翰遜：德雷克教授說，另一種方式來移動小行星將畫一個白邊的黑色巖石。
and this was the asteroid that left the telltale Iridium and finished off the dinosaurs.
這就是那顆留下銥和使得恐龍絕跡的游星。
A can-sized robot MINERVA that was scheduled to hop around the asteroid's surface has not, so far, functioned as hoped.
原先被設定在小行星表面跳躍前進的只有罐頭大小的密涅瓦機器人迄今為止并沒有像所希望的那樣正常工作。
with the mystery of sudden fall in the general asteroid, known as the "Jian demon" monster.
1604年，隨著突然墜落謎一般的巨大隕石出現了稱為「剣妖」的怪物。
Like, over a mile bigger, since a metallic asteroid that size would be worth an absolutely staggering amount of money.
比一英里還大些，因為這個大小的金屬小行星絕對價格驚人。
The find provides support for the theory that Earth's water could have been delivered as ice by an asteroid.
有理論認為地球上的水可能是由其它小行星以冰的形態運送而來，如今的這一發現為該理論提供了有力佐證。
A large asteroid hit Earth's surface some twelve million years ago, causing enough dust to rise to block the heat of the sun.
大約十二百萬年以前，一個巨大的小行星撞擊在地球表面，足夠的塵土飛起阻擋了太陽的熱量。
Some 65 million years ago, a comet or asteroid at least five miles wide struck the earth and blasted out a tremendous crater.
大約6500萬年前，一顆寬至少5英里的彗星或小行星撞上了地球，并在地表炸出了一個大洞。
Any moving object, like an asteroid, comet or planet, would appear to jump from one photograph to the next.
任何運動天體，比如流星，彗星或者行星，（在一組照片中）看起來將會像是從一張照片跳到下一張。
"If you think it is hard to get humans to follow traffic laws, " we read, "imagine convincing an asteroid to move along an ellipse. "
“要是你覺得仍人們遵守交通法規困難的話，”書中寫道：“試想一下讓小行星沿著橢圓軌道運行。”
the bodies in the asteroid belt would have also agglomerated into a planet if not for the disturbing influence of Jupiter's gravity.
若不是木星重力的干擾，小行星帶里的天體也會集塊形成行星。
The hemisphere of the asteroid facing away from the sun will radiate the stored solar heat into space, so infrared photons will be emitted.
這離開陽光照射的半球的表面將會把存儲的太陽熱能輻射到太空，因而散發出紅外光子。
In the movies, a bomb is usually the most effective way of stopping an asteroid from wiping out life on Earth.
在電影里，一顆炸彈通常是最有效阻止彗星撞地球毀滅一切生命的辦法。
