eclipses

英 [ɪˈklɪpsɪz]

美 [ɪˈklɪpsɪz]

n.  日食; 月食; (重要性、权势等的)丧失，黯然失色，暗淡
v.  遮住…的光; 使失色; 使相形见绌; 使丧失重要性
eclipse的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT (日)食;(月)食
  Aneclipse ofthe sun is an occasion when the moon is between the earth and the sun, so that for a short time you cannot see part or all of the sun. Aneclipse ofthe moon is an occasion when the earth is between the sun and the moon, so that for a short time you cannot see part or all of the moon.
  1. ...an eclipse of the sun.
     日食
  2. ...the solar eclipse on May 21st.
     5月21日的日食
  3. ...the total lunar eclipse.
     月全食
• VERB 使黯然失色;使相形见绌;盖过
  If one thingis eclipsed bya second thing that is bigger, newer, or more important than it, the first thing is no longer noticed because the second thing gets all the attention.
  1. The gramophone had been eclipsed by new technology such as the compact disc...
     激光唱片等新技术使留声机黯然失色。
  2. Of course, nothing is going to eclipse winning the Olympic title.
     当然，没有什么能比得过赢得奥运会冠军。

双语例句

• Total solar eclipses are of special interest to astronomers because it is the only time the sun's corona can be seen from the Earth's surface.
  天文学家们对日全食特别感兴趣，因为它是可以从地球表面看到的太阳日冕唯一的一次机会。
• Astronomers think it was a complicated computer for predicting lunar and solar eclipses.
  天文学家认为它是一台用来预测日食和月蚀的复杂计算机。
• That eclipse will be the last in a long series of eclipses that have come by every six months in Leo and Aquarius for two years.
  那次星蚀将是这一长串星蚀的最后一次了，它们已经在狮子座和水瓶座每六个月到来一次长达两年了。
• The device was also probably used to predict solar eclipses and indicate other planetary motions.
  这一装置也有可能被用来预测日食和其他天体活动。
• For example, the determination of the synodic period of Venus, the computation of solar eclipses and the commensurability of the Venusian and solar observational periods.
  例如，确定金星的会和周期，计算日食和金星的公度以及太阳的观测周期。
• All eclipses have a second act-remember that!
  所有的食都有两面性&记住这一点！
• This month's eclipses will be gentle and encouraging, so you'll like what you see and hear.
  本月的星蚀将会是温和而令人鼓舞的，所以你会乐于本月的所见所闻的。
• An international scientific team has used the latest X-ray and super-imaging technology to reveal the workings of an ancient Greek calculator that could accurately predict eclipses of the sun and moon.
  一个国际科学研究团队利用最新的x射线和超级成像技术，揭开了一个可以精确预测日食和月食的古希腊计算器的工作原理。
• Is the world raining eclipses down on us?
  是世界上雨蚀我们？
• Solar Eclipses have a cycle of approximately nineteen years.
  日食有近十九年的周期。