solar system
solar system — 名詞
1. the Sun and everything held by its gravity, including the eight planets, their m
太陽系
太陽與所有繞行太陽的行星等天體
the Sun and everything held by its gravity, including the eight planets, their moons, and many comets and pieces of rock
Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system, far bigger than Earth.
木星是太陽系中最大的行星，比地球大得多。
used with 'the': the solar system
Daniel built a model of the solar system for his school science fair.
Daniel 為學校的科展做了一個太陽系模型。
collocation: build/make a model of the solar system
The spacecraft Voyager 1 has finally traveled beyond the edge of the solar system.
太空船 Voyager 1 終於飛出了太陽系的邊緣。
Naoko pointed her telescope at Saturn, the second-largest planet in the solar system.
Naoko 把她的望遠鏡對準土星，也就是太陽系中第二大的行星。
Our solar system formed from a huge cloud of gas and dust.
我們的太陽系是在數十億年前由一大團氣體和塵埃形成的。
文法句型
the solar system
用法筆記
Almost always used with 'the', and often written with capital letters (the Solar System) when it means our own Sun's system. Distinguish from sense 2, which is the general term for any star's system.
常見錯誤
2. a star together with the planets and other objects that travel around it through
行星系統
任何繞同一顆恆星運行的行星系統
a star together with the planets and other objects that travel around it through space
Astronomers recently found a solar system with seven planets circling a distant star.
天文學家最近發現了一個行星系統，有七顆行星繞著一顆遙遠的恆星運行。
a solar system: countable, with the indefinite article
Hari wondered whether other solar systems might hold planets like our own Earth.
Hari 想知道其他行星系統是否也有像我們地球這樣的行星。
plural form: solar systems
Each solar system in the galaxy forms around its own central star.
銀河系中的每個行星系統都圍繞著自己的中心恆星形成。
Sofia's research focuses on how young solar systems take shape around new stars.
Sofia 的研究專注於年輕的行星系統如何在新恆星周圍形成。
- planetary system
the neutral scientific term for planets orbiting any single star
- star system
broader; can cover one or more stars plus whatever orbits them
文法句型
a solar system
solar systems
用法筆記
Countable in this sense (a solar system, two solar systems), unlike sense 1, which is treated as a single, unique thing. The fixed term stays 'solar system' even for stars other than our own Sun.