shooting star
英 [ˌʃuːtɪŋ ˈstɑː(r)]
美 [ˌʃuːtɪŋ ˈstɑːr]
n. 流星
牛津词典
noun
- 流星
a small meteor (= a piece of rock in outer space) that travels very fast and burns with a bright light as it enters the earth's atmosphere
柯林斯词典
- 流星
Ashooting staris a piece of rock or metal that burns very brightly when it enters the earth's atmosphere from space, and is seen from earth as a bright star travelling very fast across the sky.
英英释义
noun
- a streak of light in the sky at night that results when a meteoroid hits the earth's atmosphere and air friction causes the meteoroid to melt or vaporize or explode
双语例句
- Local authorities determined it was made by a shooting star.
当地有关部门认定是流星导致的。 - Wish upon a shooting star, make your dream come ture.
向闪烁的星星许愿，让你的梦想成真。 - A bright shooting star, or meteor, is an unforgettable sight.
明亮的流星，或者说陨石，是番难忘的景象。 - These collisions with space debris can be minor – as in a shooting star on a summer night – or amazingly destructive, as in the collision that probably killed off the dinosaurs.
太空垃圾和地球碰撞的机率很小，就像夏夜划过流星，破坏性却很大，这种碰撞可以令恐龙灭绝。 - At the same time, a shining thing is falling to the ground like a shooting star without anyone's attention.
而谁也没有注意到在杀戮的同时，有一个散发着丝丝光芒的东西象流星一样向地面坠落。 - There's a shooting star, just there, right above us.
一颗流星，刚从我们头上划过。 - It looked like a shooting star at first, but then the track of light broadened into two things that looked like rocket exhausts and the thing came down without a sound.
一开始像是颗流星，可接着那轨迹越来越亮，变成两个光点，就像是火箭喷出的气流，那个东西一点没出声就着落了。 - Waiting till the first shooting star gliding across the sky, we will begin to dance.
等待第一颗流星划过时，我们将开始跳舞。 - When she was not even born yet, a shooting star hit her grandma's back yard.
她还没出生的时候，一颗彗星（的碎片）掉在她祖母的后院。 - Based on its movement it could have been a shooting star rather than a fixed star.
基于它的运动，它应该是一颗流星，而不是恒星。