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词汇 eclipse
释义 eclipse
noun
uk /ɪˈklɪps/ us /ɪˈklɪps/

eclipsenoun (SUN)


[ C ]
an occasion when the sun disappears from view, either completely or partly, while the moon is moving between it and the earth, or when the moon becomes darker while the shadow of the earth moves over it: 日食;月食
solar/lunar eclipseSome people believe that a solar/lunar eclipse affects their relationships, energy levels, and mood.
total/partial eclipse ofOn Wednesday there will be a total/partial eclipse of the sun.周三将有一次日全/偏食。
 
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Astronomy
albedo
Andromeda
Aquarius
Aries
asteroid
galaxy
Gemini
geostationary
geosynchronous
gibbous
observatory
orbit
orbital
Orion
penumbra
substellar
sunspot
supergiant
supermassive
supermoon

eclipsenoun (IMPORTANCE)


[ S or U ]literary
a situation in which something becomes less important: 黯然失色
eclipse ofThe eclipse of the ruling political party was inevitable.执政党大势已去,无可挽回。
in eclipseHis remarkable contribution to literature has been too long in eclipse.他对文学的杰出贡献已被人们遗忘太久了。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Surpassing in quality or number
catch
catch (someone) up
compare
crown
crush
do something for an encoreidiom
encore
envelope
outdo
outflank
outgo
outman
outmuscle
put/leave someone in the shadeidiom
shade
shame
steal a march on someoneidiom
steal someone's thunderidiom
surpass
tower
eclipse
verb
uk /ɪˈklɪps/ us /ɪˈklɪps/

eclipseverb (SUN)


[ T ]
to make an eclipse of the moon or sun: 遮掩(天体的)光
The moon will be totally eclipsed at 12.10 p.m. 晚上12点10分会出现月全食。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Astronomy
albedo
Andromeda
Aquarius
Aries
asteroid
galaxy
Gemini
geostationary
geosynchronous
gibbous
observatory
orbit
orbital
Orion
penumbra
substellar
sunspot
supergiant
supermassive
supermoon

eclipseverb (IMPORTANCE)


[ Toften passive ]
to make another person or thing seem much less important, good, or famous: 掩没…的重要性(或优点、声誉等);凌驾…之上;光芒盖过…
The economy has eclipsed all other issues during this election campaign.这次大选期间,经济问题成为压倒一切的重大议题。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Surpassing in quality or number
catch
catch (someone) up
compare
crown
crush
do something for an encoreidiom
encore
envelope
outdo
outflank
outgo
outman
outmuscle
put/leave someone in the shadeidiom
shade
shame
steal a march on someoneidiom
steal someone's thunderidiom
surpass
tower

eclipse | American Dictionary


eclipse
noun[ C ]
us/ɪˈklɪps/

eclipsenoun[C] (SUN/MOON)


earth science
a period of time when the light from an object in the sky cannot be seen because another object has come between you and it
 solar eclipse
In a solar eclipse, the moon travels in between the earth and the sun.
 lunar eclipse
In a lunar eclipse, the earth travels in between the moon and the sun.
eclipse
verb[ T ]
us/ɪˈklɪps/

eclipseverb[T] (BLOCK)


to become much more important and noticeable than something:
The state of the economy has eclipsed all other issues during the election campaign.

eclipse | Business English


eclipse
verb[ T ]
uk /ɪˈklɪps/us
to become greater in amount or level than something else:
The increased consumer spending from new businesses has already helped shopping, dining, and real estate eclipse oil revenues.
Their stock is up 50% so far this year, as their profit growth is expected to eclipse that of larger companies.
to become more successful or important than something else:
We have developed a winning formula to eclipse our rivals.
These problems should not be allowed to eclipse the organization's achievements.

Examples of eclipse


eclipse
The current focus on dementia risks eclipsing other mental health problems of later life.
By the end of the 1990s, calls to restructure the welfare state eclipsed apologies on the part of its defenders.
In the second, it seems to confirm the model for eclipses, despite an apparent di$culty.
Muddling through this century, however, we find that the 'conservation ethic' has often been eclipsed by a predilection for fancy 'conservation tools'.
On this day, the moon got eaten [eclipsed].
Calendar specialists must have been aware that eclipses kept recurring in the same parts of the divinatory calendar, about 520 days apart.
One factor which may determine ' 'dominance' ' or cause a parallel grammar to be eclipsed, is the recognition of recursion.
We found, for example, that eclipses recorded for the years 1504, 1508, and 1510 would not have been par ticularly impressive events in this region.
In (16) the verb of the relative is eclipsed and there is a resumptive pronoun.
With electronic technology, the performer has been eclipsed, and inauthentic interpretations, even less so arrangements, are unwelcome and unnecessary.
One potential problem - possible confusion from background stars, particularly eclipsing binaries near the line of sight to a foreground target star - is addressed here.
Whatever the reason, research into music of the eighteenth century was eclipsed in terms of the number of publications, conferences and doctoral dissertations.
Rather, it highlights those cases in which older urban models were eclipsed by new ones.
The schedule of these observed later events may have served as the resource material that set the pattern for retrodicting eclipses.
There are grounds for criticism here because the present may be eclipsing an attention to the past.
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