Simplified Chinese Meaning of eclipse

日食

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Definitions and Meaning of eclipse in English

Wordnet

eclipse (n)

one celestial body obscures another

Wordnet

eclipse (v)

be greater in significance than

cause an eclipse of (a celestial body) by intervention

Webster

eclipse (n.)

An interception or obscuration of the light of the sun, moon, or other luminous body, by the intervention of some other body, either between it and the eye, or between the luminous body and that illuminated by it. A lunar eclipse is caused by the moon passing through the earth's shadow; a solar eclipse, by the moon coming between the sun and the observer. A satellite is eclipsed by entering the shadow of its primary. The obscuration of a planet or star by the moon or a planet, though of the nature of an eclipse, is called an occultation. The eclipse of a small portion of the sun by Mercury or Venus is called a transit of the planet.

The loss, usually temporary or partial, of light, brilliancy, luster, honor, consciousness, etc.; obscuration; gloom; darkness.

Webster

eclipse (v. t.)

To cause the obscuration of; to darken or hide; -- said of a heavenly body; as, the moon eclipses the sun.

To obscure, darken, or extinguish the beauty, luster, honor, etc., of; to sully; to cloud; to throw into the shade by surpassing.

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eclipse (v. i.)

To suffer an eclipse.

FAQs About the word eclipse

日食

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偏差,下降,退化,下降,恶化,颓废,变格,减少,退化,退化

进展,上升,发展,进化,盛开,增长,上升,增强,获益,增加

eclegm => 混合药, eclecticist => 折衷主义者, eclecticism => 折衷主义, eclectically => 兼收并蓄, eclectic method => 折衷方法,