orbit

英 [ˈɔːbɪt]

美 [ˈɔːrbɪt]

n.  (天体等运行的)轨道; (人、组织等的)影响范围，势力范围
v.  沿轨道运行; 围绕…运动

复数：orbits　现在分词：orbiting　过去式：orbited　第三人称单数：orbits　过去分词：orbited　

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Collins.2 / BNC.6177 / COCA.4178

牛津词典

noun

• （天体等运行的）轨道
  a curved path followed by a planet or an object as it moves around another planet, star, moon, etc.
  1. the earth's orbit around the sun
     地球环绕太阳的轨道
  2. a space station in orbit round the moon
     绕月球运行的一个航天站
  3. A new satellite has been put into orbit around the earth.
     一颗新的人造卫星被送上了环绕地球的轨道。
• （人、组织等的）影响范围，势力范围
  an area that a particular person, organization, etc. deals with or is able to influence
  1. to come/fall/be within sb's orbit
     进入 / 落入 / 属于某人的势力范围

verb

• 沿轨道运行；围绕…运动
  to move in an orbit (= a curved path) around a much larger object, especially a planet, star, etc.
  1. The earth takes a year to orbit the sun.
     地球绕太阳一周要一年的时间。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT （天体等运行的）轨道
  Anorbitis the curved path in space that is followed by an object going round and round a planet, moon, or star.
  1. Mars and Earth have orbits which change with time...
     火星与地球的运行轨道随着时间而变化。
  2. The planet is probably in orbit around a small star.
     这颗行星可能正环绕着一颗小恒星运行。
• VERB 环绕…的轨道运行
  If something such as a satelliteorbitsa planet, moon, or sun, it moves around it in a continuous, curving path.
  1. In 1957 the Soviet Union launched the first satellite to orbit the earth.
     1957年，苏联发射了第一颗绕地卫星。
• N-SING （影响所及的）范围，领域，圈子
  Theorbitof a particular person, group, or institution is the area over which they have influence.
  1. In the late 1970s Laos fell within the orbit of Vietnam and the Soviet Union.
     20世纪70年代末，老挝被纳入了越南和苏联的势力范围。

双语例句

• Communications satellites, for example, have a geostationary orbit.
  比如，通讯卫星有一个对地静止轨道。
• The planet is probably in orbit around a small star.
  这颗行星可能正环绕着一颗小恒星运行。
• Ground controllers will then fire the booster, sending the satellite into its proper orbit.
  然后地面控制人员将会发射推进器，把卫星送入正常轨道。
• Let us test kepler's third law for the orbit of Uranus compared with that of earth.
  让我们比较天王星和地球的轨道，来检验一下开普勒第三定律。
• The space shuttle will orbit a weather satellite.
  航天飞机将把一个气象卫星送入运行轨道。
• Mars and Earth have orbits which change with time
  火星与地球的运行轨道随着时间而变化。
• All the planets orbit the Sun in roughly the same plane, round its equator.
  所有的行星大致在同一平面上绕太阳赤道运转。
• The orbit of this comet intersects the orbit of the Earth
  这颗彗星的轨道与地球的轨道交叉。
• An approach for spacecraft autonomous rendezvous in an elliptical orbit without orbit information is developed.
  提出了一种在缺少绝对轨道信息时的航天器椭圆轨道自主交会方法。
• Most satellites handle this problem by being blasted into orbit around the planet.
  我们通过将大多数卫星送至行星运行的轨道，从而解决了这一问题。