n.[C]
    
      - 【天】卫星![]() The number of known  satellites in the solar system rose to 32. 太阳系里已知的卫星数量增加到三十二个。 
- 人造卫星![]() The space shuttle orbited a communications  satellite. 航天飞机将一颗通讯卫星送入轨道。 
- 随从,追随者,谄媚者![]() Three thousand armed  satellites escorted his steps. 三千名武装随从紧跟其后。 
- 卫星国家,附庸国家![]() The former Russian  satellites now turn to the West for help. 从前俄国的卫星国现在转向西方要求援助。 
- 卫星城镇;卫星组织![]() The party consolidates its power by building up  satellite organizations. 这个党通过建立卫星组织巩固它的权力。 
- 附属设备
- 辅助机场
 
  辨析
  
 
  n.
    - an artificial body placed in orbit round the earth or another planet to collect information or for communication. ▸
[as modifier]
 using or relating to satellite technology. ▸satellite television. 
- Astronomy  a celestial body orbiting a planet.
- a thing separate from something else but dependent on or controlled by it. ▸a small town, country, etc. dependent on another. 
- Genetics  a portion of DNA with repeating base sequences and of different density from the main sequence.
Etymology
  C16 (in the sense ‘follower, obsequious underling’): from Fr. satellite or L. satelles, satellit- ‘attendant’.