What do we call a meteor that crashes into the earth: a meteorite or a satellite?
譯句:我們將墜入地球的流星稱作隕石還是衛(wèi)星?(答案附在文末)
meteor?/'mit??/??n. 流星
[慣用語]:
meteor shower 流星雨
[例句]:
??Some people thought it was a meteor shower.
有人以為是一場流星雨。
??Like a flash of lightning, the meteor shot across the sky.
流星像一道閃光劃過天空煞抬。
crash?/kr??/??n. 碰撞, 崩潰, 墜落委粉;vt. 破碎, 墜落;vi. 碰撞, 墜毀, 突然倒臺
[例句]:
??Three people were injured in the crash.
撞車事故中有三人受傷寝并。
??How many vehicles were involved in the crash?
這次撞車事故涉及多少輛汽車?
meteorite? /'mit??'ra?t/??n. 隕石
[例句]:
??He discovered an unusual meteorite.
他發(fā)現(xiàn)了一塊奇異的隕石。
??It's a meteorite, containing lots of metal components.
而是一塊隕石惦界,金屬含量非常高。
satellite/'s?t?la?t/??n. 衛(wèi)星, 人造衛(wèi)星, 衛(wèi)星國, 衛(wèi)星都市
[慣用語]:
satellite communication 衛(wèi)星通信
satellite imagery 衛(wèi)星圖漱抓,衛(wèi)星影像
satellite town 衛(wèi)星城表锻;衛(wèi)星鎮(zhèn)
artificial satellite 人造衛(wèi)星
weather satellite 氣象衛(wèi)星
navigation satellite 導(dǎo)航衛(wèi)星
satellite phone 衛(wèi)星電話
[例句]:
??The news was beamed to the whole globe by satellite.
這條新聞由衛(wèi)星向全世界傳送。
? There's also satellite TV in the apartments.
公寓里還有衛(wèi)星電視乞娄。
答案:? a meteorite