comet: [13] Comet means literally ‘the longhaired one’. Greek kómē meant ‘hair’, but it was also applied metaphorically to the tail of a comet, which was thought of as streaming out behind like a luxuriant head of hair being blown by the wind. Hence an astēr kométēs ‘longhaired star’ was the name given to a comet. Eventually the adjective kométēs came to stand for the whole phrase, and it passed via Latin comēta and Old French comete into English.
comet (n.)
c. 1200, from Old French comete (12c., Modern French comète), from Latin cometa, from Greek (aster) kometes, literally "long-haired (star)," from kome "hair of the head" (compare koman "let the hair grow long"), which is of unknown origin. So called from resemblance of a comet's tail to streaming hair.
comet 英文释义
1. (astronomy) a relatively small extraterrestrial body consisting of a frozen mass that travels around the sun in a highly elliptical orbit
comet 双语例句
1. They observed the comet for 70 days before it faded from sight.
他们观察了这颗彗星70天，直至其慢慢从视线中消失。
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2. Comet also sired the champion foal out of Spinway Harvest.
“彗星”还跟“斯平威·哈维斯特”生下了这匹出类拔萃的小马驹。
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3. We were not altogether sure that the comet would miss the Earth.
我们不能完全肯定彗星不会与地球相撞。
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4. The orbit of this comet intersects the orbit of the Earth.
这颗彗星的轨道与地球的轨道交叉。
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5. Recently they have discovered a comet.
最近他们发现了一颗彗星.
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comet 实用场景例句
Halley's Comet is going to come back in 2061.
哈雷彗星将于2061年回归。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
In that way, Pluto acts like a comet.
也就是说, 冥王星的行为像一个彗星.
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What happened the games began, a comet appeared in the sky.
在比赛开始后, 天空出现了一刻彗星.
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It is a member of the Kreutz Group, as Subfragment I, split from an earlier comet.
可也可能是更早分裂的一颗彗星所组成的克鲁兹族彗星的一员.
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A newfound comet is heading towards the sun. It will likely not survive.
一颗新近被发现的彗星正一门心思地向太阳冲去, 可能小命难保.
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Which annalistic style book in ancient China leaving the earliest record about Halley's Comet?
在中国古代哪本编年史书中留下了关于哈雷彗星最早的记载?
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Haley's comet was shooting across the sky.
哈雷彗星飞快地穿过天空.
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This spectacular composite image shows how the coma and tail of Comet Holmes have changed.
这张壮观的组合影像显示霍姆斯彗星的彗发与彗尾的变化情形.
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If anyone sees a great comet plunging toward the sun, it isn't me.
如果有什么人看见一颗巨大的彗星飞向太阳, 那不是我.
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In addition, five probes were sent to rendezvous with Halley's comet.
另外, 向哈雷丰厚生汇合的地方发射了五个探测器.
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Comet tails are millions of kilometers long.
彗尾的长度可达数百万公里.
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Recently they have discovered a comet.
最近他们发现了一颗彗星.
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The meteors are debris from this comet that enter Earth's atmosphere and vaporize as they fall.
流星雨是哈雷彗星在穿越地球大气层时掉落的碎片在汽化而成的.
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The star captured a comet.
那颗恒星捕获了一颗彗星.
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For 3 days in 1986 , the earth passed through the tail of a mysterious comet.
一九八六年的一天, 因为地球掠过一颗神秘彗星的末端而使地球上的机械产生了剧变.
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Go outside and see Comet Lulin.
今晚走到门外来看鹿林彗星.
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Did you ever see a comet?
你看见过彗星 吗 ?
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They point at the red Berlingo driving across the sky as though it were Halley's Comet.
他们指着驶过天空的红色贝林戈,就好像它是哈雷彗星似地.
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One night, a comet appeared in the sky All who saw it were surprised and afraid.
有一夜, 一颗彗星横过天空,使众人惊讶.
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The comet will transit on September 11.
这颗彗星将于9月11日经过天空.
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Oh, so it's like Halley's comet , only monsters come out?
哦, 就像哈雷彗星, 只不过这次出现的是魔兽?
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They observed the comet for 70 days before it faded from sight.
他们观察了这颗彗星70天，直至其慢慢从视线中消失。
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Comet also sired the champion foal out of Spinway Harvest.
“彗星”还跟“斯平威·哈维斯特”生下了这匹出类拔萃的小马驹。
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We were not altogether sure that the comet would miss the Earth.
我们不能完全肯定彗星不会与地球相撞。
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The comet is going to come back in 2061 and we are all going to be able to see it. Well, our offspring are, anyway.
彗星将在2061年返回，到时我们都看得到。噢，反正我们的子孙看得到。
柯林斯例句
The orbit of this comet intersects the orbit of the Earth.
