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

• These collisions with space debris can be minor – as in a shooting star on a summer night – or amazingly destructive, as in the collision that probably killed off the dinosaurs.
  太空垃圾和地球碰撞的机率很小，就像夏夜划过流星，破坏性却很大，这种碰撞可以令恐龙灭绝。
• The shooting star didn't grant me my wish.
  流星没有让我的愿望成真。
• 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。
• Like a shooting star giving off so much light.
  就像是一颗流星放射出如此灿烂的光芒。
• But how was making Sleepy Hollow different from shooting Star Wars?
  但是如何让《沉睡谷》的拍摄与《星球大战》的拍摄不同呢？
• If you watch, you will see a shooting star.
  如果你仔细看，就会看到流星。
• 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。
• They are shining. Oh, look! A shooting star!
  他们一闪一闪地，噢，看，一颗流星！
• Waiting till the first shooting star gliding across the sky, we will begin to dance.
  等待第一颗流星划过时，我们将开始跳舞。
• Life like a shooting star, penetrating the dark and illuminating the universe though disappearing in a flash.
  人生如流星，虽转瞬即逝，也要划破黑暗光照人间。