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

• There's a shooting star, just there, right above us.
  一颗流星，刚从我们头上划过。
• Maybe someday he become a shooting star in the sky.
  可能他某天成为一个闪亮的星在天空。
• Your wish will be granted upon a shooting star.
  向流星许愿会让你梦想成真的。
• Do you? Ve ever seen a shooting star in the night sky? And your wish?
  你看过流星吗，你许的愿望是？
• Inspiration is just a shooting star, while the will power is the eternal sun.
  灵感只是一颗流星，毅力才是永恒的太阳。
• 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。
• It was a shooting star that propelled me into astronomy in the first place
  最初是一颗流星促使我从事天文学。
• The next time you make a wish, instead of wishing on a shooting star, or throwing pennies into a wishing well, you can try the Japanese way of wishing during the Tanabata Festival.
  下次你要许愿时，不用对着流星许愿或是把硬币丢到许愿井里，你可以在七夕节的时候试一试日本的许愿方式。
• Then I have made a terrible wish on a shooting star.
  那样的话我对流星许了个太糟糕的愿了。
• At the same time, a shining thing is falling to the ground like a shooting star without anyone's attention.
  而谁也没有注意到在杀戮的同时，有一个散发着丝丝光芒的东西象流星一样向地面坠落。