eclipses是什么意思？

eclipses

• n. （日、月）食( eclipse的名词复数 )，消失，黯然失色；

例句

• Astronomers can accurately foretell the date,time,and length of future eclipses. 天文学家能精确地预告未来日食月食的日期、时刻和时长。
• This news eclipses everything else. 这条消息使其他一切都显得无足轻重了.
• They accurately predicted solar eclipses. 他们精确地预告了日蚀.
• Astronomers can calculate when there will be eclipses of the sun and moon. 天文学家可以算出何时发生日食和月食.
• Maugham agreed with Kelly that the new painting eclipses all else. 毛姆同意克利的意见,说这幅新画使所有别的画黯然失色.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  (日)食;(月)食
  An eclipse of the sun is an occasion when the moon is between the earth and the sun, so that for a short time you cannot see part or all of the sun. An eclipse of the moon is an occasion when the earth is between the sun and the moon, so that for a short time you cannot see part or all of the moon.
  例句
  ...an eclipse of the sun. 日食 ...the solar eclipse on May 21st. 5月21日的日食
• VERB
  使黯然失色;使相形见绌;盖过
  If one thing is eclipsed by a second thing that is bigger, newer, or more important than it, the first thing is no longer noticed because the second thing gets all the attention.
  例句
  The gramophone had been eclipsed by new technology such as the compact disc... 激光唱片等新技术使留声机黯然失色。 Of course, nothing is going to eclipse winning the Olympic title. 当然，没有什么能比得过赢得奥运会冠军。