n.[C]
- 【天】卫星
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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’.