eclipse
英 [ɪˈklɪps]
美 [ɪˈklɪps]
n.
食；黯然失色；羽毛暗淡期
v.
遮掩…的光；食；遮暗；遮掉；掩没…的重要性；使黯然失色
复数： eclipses
第三人称单数： eclipses
现在分词： eclipsing
过去式： eclipsed
过去分词： eclipsed
英文释义：
1. [countable] an occasion when the moon passes between the earth and the sun so that you cannot see all or part of the sun for a time; an occasion when the earth passes between the moon and the sun so that you cannot see all or part of the moon for a time
当月亮从地球和太阳之间穿过时，你暂时看不到太阳的全部或一部分；当地球经过月球和太阳之间时，你暂时看不到月球的全部或一部分
2. [singular, uncountable] a loss of importance, power, etc. especially because somebody/something else has become more important, powerful, etc
【单数，不可数】重要性、权力等的丧失。尤其是因为某人/某物变得更重要、更强大等
举个例子：
1.The election result marked the eclipse of the traditional right and centre.
选举结果标志着传统的右翼和中间势力的没落。
2.Meteorologists can calculate the time when a solar eclipse will occur.
气象学家可以推算日食发生的时间。
3.There will be a partial eclipse of the sun next month.
下个月将出现日偏食。
4.A total solar/lunar eclipse goes through five phases: the first contact, the second contact, the middle/maximum phase, the third contact, and the fourth contact.
日全食/月全食时，有五个食相:初亏、食既、食甚、生光、复圆。
常用短语：
1.solar eclipse
日食；日蚀
2.in eclipse
失势的；失色的
3.lunar eclipse
月食
4.total eclipse
日全食；月全食
5.partial eclipse
偏食
6.annular eclipse
日环食
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