ecliptic
ecliptic — 形容詞
- eclipticpositive
- more eclipticcomparative
- most eclipticsuperlative
1. connected with the ecliptic, the path the sun appears to follow across the sky e
黃道；日食
與黃道或日食相關的
connected with the ecliptic, the path the sun appears to follow across the sky each year, or with an eclipse, which happens when one object in space blocks the light of another.
Mauricio checked the ecliptic coordinates of Venus before setting up his telescope.
Mauricio 在架設望遠鏡前，查閱了金星的黃道坐標。
ecliptic coordinates — noun collocation for astronomy measurement
Diya learned that ecliptic alignments help astronomers predict when a solar eclipse will occur.
Diya 學到，黃道排列有助於天文學家預測日食何時發生。
ecliptic alignments — noun collocation
The ecliptic path of the sun across the sky changes slightly over many centuries.
太陽穿過天空的黃道路徑在許多世紀間會略微改變。
Maeve used a computer program to study how the ecliptic plane relates to the orbits of comets.
Maeve 使用電腦程式研究黃道面與彗星軌道的關係。
用法筆記
This adjective is almost always used before a noun (ecliptic coordinates, ecliptic plane). It belongs to technical astronomy writing and is rarely heard in everyday conversation.
ecliptic — 名詞
1. the circular path in the night sky that the sun seems to trace over the course o
黃道
太陽在星空中的視行路徑
the circular path in the night sky that the sun seems to trace over the course of a year, created by stretching the flat plane of how Earth moves around the sun all the way out to the stars; it is tilted about 23.5 degrees relative to the celestial equator.
Nicholas drew a diagram showing how the ecliptic crosses the celestial equator at two points called equinoxes.
Nicholas 畫了一張圖，展示黃道如何在稱為分點的兩個位置穿過天球赤道。
ecliptic + crosses + [celestial feature] — verb-object pattern
Yumi explained that all the planets stay close to the ecliptic because their orbits lie in similar planes.
Yumi 解釋說，所有行星都靠近黃道，因為它們的軌道位於相似的平面上。
On a star chart, Sivan traced the ecliptic through the constellations of the zodiac with a blue pencil.
Sivan 用藍色鉛筆在星圖上沿著黃道十二宮的星座描出黃道的軌跡。
There is a 23.5-degree tilt between the ecliptic and the celestial equator that causes the seasons on Earth.
黃道與天球赤道之間有 23.5 度的傾斜角，正是這個角度造成了地球上的四季。
- sun's path
less technical, used in basic astronomy explanations
- solar path
rare alternative found in older textbooks
用法筆記
The ecliptic always takes the definite article the. Distinguish it from the celestial equator, which is the projection of Earth’s equator, not its orbital plane.