搜尋結果
satellite
- IPA[ˈsadlˌīt]
美式
- an artificial body placed in orbit around the earth or moon or another planet in order to collect information or for communication;transmitted by satellite; using or relating to satellite technology
noun: satellite, plural noun: satellites
- 釋義
名詞
- 1. an artificial body placed in orbit around the earth or moon or another planet in order to collect information or for communication a communications satellite a spy satellite 同義詞
- ▪ transmitted by satellite; using or relating to satellite technology satellite broadcasting
- ▪ satellite television a news service on satellite
- 2. a celestial body orbiting the earth or another planet. 同義詞
- 3. something that is separated from or on the periphery of something else but is nevertheless dependent on or controlled by it satellite offices in London and New York
- ▪ a small country or state politically or economically dependent on another the Soviet Union and its satellite states 同義詞
- 4. a portion of the DNA of a genome with repeating base sequences and of different density from the main sequence.