shooting star

英 [ˌʃuːtɪŋ ˈstɑː(r)]

美 [ˌʃuːtɪŋ ˈstɑːr]

n.  流星

牛津词典

noun

• 流星
  a small meteor (= a piece of rock in outer space) that travels very fast and burns with a bright light as it enters the earth's atmosphere

柯林斯词典

• 流星
  Ashooting staris a piece of rock or metal that burns very brightly when it enters the earth's atmosphere from space, and is seen from earth as a bright star travelling very fast across the sky.

英英释义

noun

• a streak of light in the sky at night that results when a meteoroid hits the earth's atmosphere and air friction causes the meteoroid to melt or vaporize or explode
  Synonym:meteor

双语例句

• Like a shooting star he shines.
  就好像他擦亮的一颗流星。
• When she was not even born yet, a shooting star hit her grandma's back yard.
  她还没出生的时候，一颗彗星（的碎片）掉在她祖母的后院。
• The shooting star didn't grant me my wish.
  流星没有让我的愿望成真。
• There's a shooting star, just there, right above us.
  一颗流星，刚从我们头上划过。
• If you watch, you will see a shooting star.
  如果你仔细看，就会看到流星。
• It looked like a shooting star at first, but then the track of light broadened into two things that looked like rocket exhausts and the thing came down without a sound.
  一开始像是颗流星，可接着那轨迹越来越亮，变成两个光点，就像是火箭喷出的气流，那个东西一点没出声就着落了。
• They are shining. Oh, look! A shooting star!
  他们一闪一闪地，噢，看，一颗流星！
• Local authorities determined it was made by a shooting star.
  当地有关部门认定是流星导致的。
• Based on its movement it could have been a shooting star rather than a fixed star.
  基于它的运动，它应该是一颗流星，而不是恒星。
• 'We saw a very bright shooting star.' —'Did you really? '
  “我们看到了一颗很明亮的流星。”——“真的吗？”