orbiting是什么意思？

orbiting

英['ɔ:bɪtɪŋ] 美['ɔbɪtɪŋ]

• v. 在…轨道上运行，环绕轨道运行( orbit的现在分词 )，沿轨道运行，绕转；

例句

• a linkup of two orbiting spacecraft. 轨道上两个太空飞行器的会合
• Twenty incoming flights were stacked up overhead, and orbiting. 仍然有二十架已经飞进来的班机积压在上空, 在轨道上盘旋.
• Let's pretend we're on the spaceship orbiting round the earth! 让我们假装是在沿轨道绕地球运转的宇宙飞船上!
• This orbiting telescope is the largest optical instrument in space. 这种轨道望远镜是宇宙中最大的光学仪器.
• They have docked a robot module alongside the orbiting space station... 他们已经将一个自动操作舱与沿轨道运行的空间站并行对接上了。
• ...a planet orbiting a star in the constellation of Cepheus. 围绕仙王座中一颗恒星旋转的行星
• A Russian space capsule is currently orbiting the Earth. 一个俄罗斯太空舱目前正在绕地球轨道飞行。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  （天体等运行的）轨道
  An orbit is the curved path in space that is followed by an object going round and round a planet, moon, or star.
  例句
  Mars and Earth have orbits which change with time... 火星与地球的运行轨道随着时间而变化。 The planet is probably in orbit around a small star. 这颗行星可能正环绕着一颗小恒星运行。
• VERB
  环绕…的轨道运行
  If something such as a satellite orbits a planet, moon, or sun, it moves around it in a continuous, curving path.
  例句
  In 1957 the Soviet Union launched the first satellite to orbit the earth. 1957年，苏联发射了第一颗绕地卫星。
• N-SING
  （影响所及的）范围，领域，圈子
  The orbit of a particular person, group, or institution is the area over which they have influence.
  例句
  In the late 1970s Laos fell within the orbit of Vietnam and the Soviet Union. 20世纪70年代末，老挝被纳入了越南和苏联的势力范围。