satellite
英 ['s?t?la?t]
美['s?t?la?t]
- n. 衛星；人造衛星；隨從；衛星國家
CET4TEM4考研CET6中頻詞核心詞匯
詞態變化
復數:?satellites;
中文詞源
satellite 衛星，人造衛星
來自法語 satellite,侍衛，衛兵，來自拉丁語 satellites,侍衛，隨從，可能來自古拉丁語*satro, 滿的，足夠的，*leit,走，引導，詞源同 lead.詞義演變比較 follow.引申詞義衛星，人造衛星。
英文詞源
- satellite
- satellite: [16] Satellite comes via French satellite from Latin satelles ‘attendant, escort’, which itself probably went back to Etruscan satnal. Its use for a ‘body orbiting a planet’ is first recorded in English in 1665, and comes from the astronomer Johannes Kepler’s application of Latin satelles to the moons of Jupiter.
- satellite (n.)
- 1540s, "follower or attendant of a superior person," from Middle French satellite (14c.), from Latin satellitem (nominative satelles) "attendant, companion, courtier, accomplice, assistant," perhaps from Etruscan satnal (Klein), or a compound of roots *satro- "full, enough" + *leit- "to go" (Tucker); compare English follow, which is constructed of similar roots.
Meaning "planet that revolves about a larger one" first attested 1660s, in reference to the moons of Jupiter, from Latin satellites, which was used in this sense 1610s by German astronomer Johannes Kepler (1571-1630). Galileo, who had discovered them, called them Sidera Medic?a in honor of the Medici family. Meaning "man-made machinery orbiting the Earth" first recorded 1936 as theory, 1957 as fact. Meaning "country dependent and subservient to another" is recorded from 1800.
雙語例句
- 1. The coded signal is received by satellite dish aerials.
- 編碼信號由碟形衛星天線接收。
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- 2. Something must have gone wrong with the satellite link.
- 衛星連接一定出了毛病。
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- 3. The satellite had been inactive since its launch two years ago.
- 該衛星自從兩年前發射以來一直沒起作用。
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- 4. NASA plans to launch a satellite to study cosmic rays.
- 美國國家航空航天局計劃發射一顆衛星上天，對宇宙射線進行研究。
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- 5. The live satellite broadcast was beamed into homes across America.
- 此次衛星直播被發送到美國的千家萬戶。
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