orbit

英 [ˈɔːbɪt]

美 [ˈɔːrbɪt]

n.  (天体等运行的)轨道; (人、组织等的)影响范围，势力范围
v.  沿轨道运行; 围绕…运动

复数：orbits　现在分词：orbiting　过去式：orbited　第三人称单数：orbits　过去分词：orbited　

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Collins.2 / BNC.6177 / COCA.4178

牛津词典

noun

• （天体等运行的）轨道
  a curved path followed by a planet or an object as it moves around another planet, star, moon, etc.
  1. the earth's orbit around the sun
     地球环绕太阳的轨道
  2. a space station in orbit round the moon
     绕月球运行的一个航天站
  3. A new satellite has been put into orbit around the earth.
     一颗新的人造卫星被送上了环绕地球的轨道。
• （人、组织等的）影响范围，势力范围
  an area that a particular person, organization, etc. deals with or is able to influence
  1. to come/fall/be within sb's orbit
     进入 / 落入 / 属于某人的势力范围

verb

• 沿轨道运行；围绕…运动
  to move in an orbit (= a curved path) around a much larger object, especially a planet, star, etc.
  1. The earth takes a year to orbit the sun.
     地球绕太阳一周要一年的时间。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT （天体等运行的）轨道
  Anorbitis the curved path in space that is followed by an object going round and round a planet, moon, or star.
  1. 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。
  2. 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 satelliteorbitsa planet, moon, or sun, it moves around it in a continuous, curving path.
  1. 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
  Theorbitof a particular person, group, or institution is the area over which they have influence.
  1. 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。

双语例句

• The war is a gigantic cosmic drama, embracing every quarter of the globe and the whole orbit of man's life.
  战争是一幕巨大而包罗万象的戏，涉及地球上每个角落和人类生活的各个领域。
• They put a weather satellite into orbit about the earth.
  他们把一颗气象卫星送入环绕地球的轨道。
• The gas methane has been found both by spacecraft in orbit and by telescopes from earth.
  天然气甲烷都被在轨道中的宇宙飞船和地球上的望远镜所发现。
• 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。
• The satellite was launched into orbit around the moon.
  卫星被射入环绕月球的轨道。
• First, we know that the planets all orbit close to the earth's orbital plane, the ecliptic.
  首先，我们知道所有行星的轨道都很靠近地球的轨道平面――黄道面。
• 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。
• When the boosters have helped to lift a space station into orbit, they separate from it and return to the earth.
  助推火箭把太空站推入轨道后，就自行脱落返回地球。
• John was afraid his father would go into orbit when he found out about the car accident.
  约翰担心父亲知道那起车祸后会暴跳如雷。
• Communications satellites, for example, have a geostationary orbit.
  比如，通讯卫星有一个对地静止轨道。