magnetosphere

magnetosphere — 名詞

1. The area around a planet where the planet's own magnetic field is strong enough

1.名詞C1
釋義

磁層

行星周圍受其磁場控制的區域

The area around a planet where the planet's own magnetic field is strong enough to control the behaviour of electrically charged particles, rather than letting them be swept away by the stream of particles coming from the Sun.

例句

Earth's magnetosphere protects our planet from the harmful radiation carried by the solar wind.

地球的磁層保護我們的地球,使我們免受太陽風帶來的有害輻射影響。

possessive: Earth's magnetosphere + protect + solar wind

Padma and her team at the geophysics lab are studying how the magnetosphere changes during periods of intense solar activity.

Padma 和她的地球物理實驗室團隊正在研究磁層在太陽活動劇烈期間的變化。

文法句型

[possessive noun] + magnetosphere

the + magnetosphere + of + [planet]

用法筆記

Frequently used with the possessive form of a planet's name (Earth's magnetosphere, Jupiter's magnetosphere) to specify which planet's magnetic region is being discussed. In scientific contexts, 'magnetosphere' applies to any planet with a strong enough internal magnetic field — Mercury, Earth, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune all have one.

常見錯誤

The magnetosphere is the same thing as the Earth's magnetic field.
The magnetic field is the force, and the magnetosphere is the region of space where that force is strong enough to control particles.
💡The magnetic field is the invisible force; the magnetosphere is the volume of space affected by it.