| 单词 | fixed star |
| 释义 | fixed star noun[C] uk/ˌfɪkst ˈstɑːr/us/ˌfɪkst ˈstɑːr/astarthat is sofarfrom theearththat itseemsnot tomoveinrelationto otherdistant(=faraway)starsas theearthmovesthroughspace 恒星Astronomy
Examplesoffixed starfixed star Indeed, we will necessarily have two lines which are engendered / in the orb of the fixed stars. From theCambridge English Corpus Each of the first six is dedicated to a description of some celestial motion (those of the prime mover, the sun, the moon, the other planets, and the fixed stars). From theCambridge English Corpus The trepidation school believed that the fixed stars first moved one way, then moved the other way - similar to a giant pendulum. From Wikipedia  This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Of the ten orbs, the first seven contain the planets and the eighth contain the fixed stars. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Herschel engaged in a series of observations on the parallax of the fixed stars, using a telescope of his own design. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Its methods, its tactics and its manoeuvres may change, but the polar star of its policy—world domination—is afixedstar. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He looks at afixedstar. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 This suggested it was not even a planet, but afixedstarin the stellar sphere beyond all the planets. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The time when a givenfixedstarcrosses the observer's meridian depends on the geographic longitude. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.A nebula or other starlike object may also be called afixedstar. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The statement that "the system of fixed stars" is free of rotation may retain a relative meaning, which is to be fixed by a comparison. From theCambridge English Corpus The 24-hour rotation of the entire sky around the earth is ignored throughout the discussion, and only lunar motion relative to the fixed stars is considered. From theCambridge English Corpus There is no ready-made infallible compass to guide us in this matter, and we can only follow the light of a few fixed stars. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The concept of inertial frames of reference is no longer tied to either the fixed stars or to absolute space. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.How do the sun and the moon hold to their courses and the fixed stars keep their places? From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.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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