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[天] meteor，shooting star，an ancient weapon, composed of two iron balls fixed on a long iron chain，[杂技] meteors，falling star；

[例句] 明亮的流星，或者说陨石，是番难忘的景象。 A bright shooting star, or meteor, is an unforgettable sight.

[例句] “我们看到了一颗很明亮的流星。”——“真的吗？” "We saw a very bright shooting star."—"Did you really?"

fragmentary，odd，a small amount，a little ；

[例句] 他只能零星地听懂一两个单词。 He could only understand a word here and there.

[例句] 他们零星散居在安第斯山脉的高处。 They live high in the Andes, in small and dispersed groups.

satellite，moon，artificial satellite，man-made satellite，secondary planet ；

[例句] 编码信号由碟形卫星天线接收。 The coded signal is received by satellite dish aerials.

[例句] 卫星连接一定出了毛病。 Something must have gone wrong with the satellite link.

[天] galaxy，galact-，universe ；

[例句] 他们把望远镜转向附近其他星系。 They turned their telescopes towards other nearby galaxies.

[例句] 类星体是遥远星系的极为活跃的核心体. Quasars are the highly energetic cores of distant galaxies.

[天] planet ；

[例句] 这颗行星可能正环绕着一颗小恒星运行。 The planet is probably in orbit around a small star.

[例句] 新发现的行星大约是地球的10倍那么大。 The new planet is about ten times the size of the earth.

[天] fixed star，star，sun ；

[例句] 天文学家能够测定每颗恒星的亮度。 An astronomer can determine the brightness of each star.

[例句] 这颗恒星的表面温度估计在零下75摄氏度左右。 The star's surface temperature is reckoned to be minus 75 degrees Celsius.

spark，sparkle，[天]Mars，spunk，flake；

[例句] 火星的大气层极其稀薄，几乎全部由二氧化碳构成。 Mars has an insubstantial atmosphere, consisting almost entirely of carbon dioxide.

[例句] 整周都可以用肉眼观察到火星。 The planet Mars will be visible to the naked eye all week.

[天] meteor，meteorite，uranolith ；

[例句] 地球外存在生命的理论是基于陨星上存在碳化合物质这一事实的. One theory about the existence of extraterrestrial life rests on the presence of carbon compounds in meteorites.

[例句] 据说这枚陨星是在热分解的化学过程中形成的。 It is said that the magnetite was formed by a chemical process called thermal decomposition.

Venus，Hesper，Hesperus，phosphorus，[人名]Byeol Kim；

[例句] 满眼金星乱转，而且越转越快。 Stars appeared everywhere, spinning round and round, faster and faster.

[例句] 金星跟地球差不多一样大. Venus is of the same size as Earth.

[天] comet ；

[例句] “彗星”还跟“斯平威·哈维斯特”生下了这匹出类拔萃的小马驹。 Comet also sired the champion foal out of Spinway Harvest.

[例句] 我们不能完全肯定彗星不会与地球相撞。 We were not altogether sure that the comet would miss the Earth.

[天] double star，binary star ；

[例句] 有的星表还提供了运动, 是否变光以及双星 、 聚星等等的资料. Some catalogs provide data on motions , variability, duplicity, etc.

[例句] 尤文图斯正在关注意大利U21双星安德烈亚·柯达和丹尼尔·德塞拉. Juventus are eyeing Italy U 21 pair Andrea Coda and Daniele Dessena.

aspect astrology，star image ；

[例句] 电子照相得到的星象看起来模糊,似乎是离焦的像. Electronographic star images appear soft and out of focus.

[例句] 星象学家的话可真应验了. This was quite a success for the astrologers.

week，Sunday ；

[例句] 和父母呆了几个星期后，她感到自己毫无自由。 After a few weeks with her parents, she felt she was suffocating.

[例句] 作为治疗的一部分，他接受了15个星期的病后护理。 As part of the treatment, he attended 15 weeks of after-care.

star，light，lucida，[电影]Bright Star；

[例句] 在电影摄制过程中，柯蒂斯爱上了同他联袂主演的明星克里斯汀·考夫曼。 During the filming, Curtis fell in love with his co-star, Christine Kaufmann.

[例句] 现在，网球明星的随行人员中有些是心理培训师。 Mind trainers are now part of a tennis star's retinue.

cytaster aster，kinosphere aster，planet，aster ；

[例句] 我们能用统计力学方法来分析星体物质的性能. We can analyze by statistical mechanics the behavior of the stellar substance.

[例句] 一团星云实际上是无数星体不连续的集合体. A nebula is really a discrete mass of innumerous stars.

[天] asteroid，minor planet，planetoid ；

[例句] 有一颗小行星可能会与地球发生碰撞。 There is an asteroid on a collision course with the Earth.

[例句] 小行星, 亦称为 “ 小型行星 ”, 在外太空中不计其数. Asteroids, also known as " minor planets ", are numerous in the outer space.

[天] Saturn ；

[例句] 天文学家们过去一直感到奇怪,为什么只有土星有光环. Astronomers used to ask why only Saturn has rings.

[例句] “土星族”飞行器可以分为三类或三组. The Saturn family of launch vehicles falls into three types or groups.

Polaris，North Star，Pole Star，polestar，cynosure；

[例句] 那只船靠北极星来导航. The ship was navigated by the North Star.

[例句] 海员不仅要盯着北极星,还要注意暗礁和险滩. A mariner must have his eye upon rocks and sands as well as upon the North Star.

[电] star point ；

[例句] 目的: 通过星点设计-效应面法优选人参叶酶法提取工艺. Methods: To extract ginsenosides from folium ginseng by adding cellulase digestion process.

[例句] 旧约是用希伯来文写的, 也有星点亚兰文的笔墨. The Old Testament was written in Hebrew, with a sprinkling of Aramaic.

[天] giant star，giant ；

[例句] 芭芭拉·史翠珊是个天后级巨星。 Barbra Streisand is such a humungous star.

[例句] 像杰克·尼科尔森这样的巨星，单从《蝙蝠侠》一部片子中就赚了5亿美元，是不太可能受影响的。 Megastars like Jack Nicholson, who made $500 million from Batman alone, are unlikely to be affected.