| 单词 | heavenly body |
| 释义 | heavenly body noun[C] uk/ˌhev.ən.li ˈbɒd.i/us/ˌhev.ən.li ˈbɑː.di/anyobjectexistinginspace,especiallyaplanet,star, or themoon 天体Astronomy
Examplesofheavenly bodyheavenly body Newton's thoughts alone have stood the test, and brilliantly so, leading to the discovery of new and partly invisible heavenly bodies. From theCambridge English Corpus The first, essentially astronomy, the movements of heavenly bodies, he considers good science but not precisely knowable. From Wikipedia  This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He also states that the light and dark halves of the day were presided over by the heavenly bodies of the first hour of each half. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Heraclitus believed that the heavenly bodies were made of fire that were contained within bowls, he thought that eclipses happen when the bowl turned away from the earth. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Shiva's long, matted tresses, usually piled up in a kind of pyramid, loosen during the dance and crash into the heavenly bodies, knocking them off course or destroying them utterly. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The assumption is proposed that an existence of life onheavenlybodyis preconditioned by mechanism of continuous generating of life. From theCambridge English Corpus The peculiar, roughly circular motion of this star aroused the suspicion some thirty-three years ago that it was following the orders of aheavenlybodyin its vicinity. From theCambridge English Corpus The parts of theheavenlybody, even if these consisted of only one half of those of the pre-fissioned individual, were never properly assimilated into an existing body. From theCambridge English Corpus They paid particularly close attention to the direction from which these puzzling commands originated, with the conjecture that there existed in this direction a yet unknownheavenlybody. From theCambridge English Corpus However, even though the direction from which this command appeared to come had been ascertained, it was not possible (even with the best telescopes) to observe aheavenlybody. From theCambridge English Corpus The idea of a body in the next world is still present but it is aheavenlybody. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The magnetic azimuth is the arc between the point on the horizon below theheavenlybodyand the direction of magnetic north. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Sextants can be used very accurately to measure other visible angles, for example between oneheavenlybodyand another and between landmarks ashore. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The heavenly bodies accomplish this through their "heats". From theCambridge English Corpus He simply spoke of the mutual effect of the force of attraction that occurs between the heavenly bodies. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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