meteorite

英 [ˈmiːtiəraɪt]

美 [ˈmiːtiəraɪt]

n.  陨石

复数：meteorites　

CET6TOEFL化学

Collins.1 / BNC.17676 / COCA.12025

牛津词典

noun

• 陨石
  a piece of rock from outer space that hits the earth's surface

柯林斯词典

• 陨石;陨星;陨铁
  Ameteoriteis a large piece of rock or metal from space that has landed on Earth.

英英释义

noun

• stony or metallic object that is the remains of a meteoroid that has reached the earth's surface

双语例句

• This ice floe might give us the first meteorite from the planet mercury.
  我们有可能在这个冰川世界找到来自水星的第一块陨石。
• Because a large meteorite fell on Earth from outer space.
  因为大量的陨星从外空落到地球上。
• Brought back from Antarctica the first documented mercury meteorite.
  从南极洲带回第一块水星陨石的人。
• Scientists are now studying the pea-sized meteorite which crashed to Earth in Essen, Germany.
  科学家们现在正在研究这片坠落在德国埃森的陨石。
• Meteorite impacts have been blamed for hundreds of injuries, but only one has been verified by scientists.
  许多人都声称曾被落下来的陨石砸伤，但真正被科学家证实的陨石伤人事件只有一起。
• The discoveries in the meteorite helped shape policy and exploration efforts at the United States space agency, NASA.
  陨石里面的这些发现帮助美国太空机构NASA形成了策略和探索方向。
• The debate centres on magnetite crystals found in the meteorite.
  有关火星存在生命体的争论主要集中在这块陨星中所发现的磁性晶体上。
• He discovered an unusual meteorite.
  他发现了一块奇异的陨石。
• But in some cases they are attributed to surges of material from meteorite impacts.
  但是在某些情况他们也被认为是由于到来自陨石冲击的物质巨涌产生的。
• Once it hits Earth, a meteoroid suffers an identity crisis and becomes a meteorite.
  流星体一旦撞上地球，就变成了陨石。