Apogee



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 远地点 ( 太阳等距离地球最远的点)
• ［类］ 反义词: perigee ( 近地点)
• ［记］ apo ( 远) +gee ( 地球) -> 远离地球的点 -> 远地点
• ［同］ 同根词: geology ( 地质学) , gee=geo

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Etymology: French apogée, from New Latin apogaeum, from Greek apogaion, from neuter of apogeios, apogaios far from the earth, from apo- + gē, gaia earth
• Date: 1594
• 1. the point in the orbit of an object (as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is at the greatest distance from the center of the earth; also the point farthest from a planet or a satellite (as the moon) reached by an object orbiting it — compare perigee
• 2. the farthest or highest point ; culmination Aegean civilization reached its apogee in Crete
• • apogean adjective

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