Meteorite
['miːtɪəraɪt] or ['mitɪəraɪt]
解释:
(noun.) stony or metallic object that is the remains of a meteoroid that has reached the earth's surface.
尤金校对--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) A mass of stone or iron which has fallen to the earth from space; an aerolite.
整理:玛米
例句:
- This meteorite was regarded as a god, and all the little tribal gods of Arabia were under his protection. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- It was a small square temple of black stones, which had for its corner-stone a meteorite. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- He was falling through a gulf of infinite darkness, like a meteorite plunging across the chasm between the worlds. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- But this vindication was in part anticipated, at the beginning of the nineteenth century, by the analysis of meteorites. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
校对:托妮