Asteroid



GRE Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 小行星
• ［英］ n. 小行星 ( small planet)

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Greek asteroeidēs starlike, from aster-, astēr
• Date: 1802
• 1. any of the small rocky celestial bodies found especially between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter
• 2. starfish
• • asteroidal adjective

II. adjective

• Date: 1854
• 1. resembling a star asteroid bodies in sporotrichosis
• 2. of or resembling a starfish

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