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Beyond the Solar System

 

Voyager 1 - spacecraft

 

例子：After the 36-year odyssey, NASA Voyager 1 has left the solar system and entered the interstellar space.

 

interstellar space 星際空間

► the vast, cold emptiness between the stars (in a Galaxy)

 

Solar system 太陽系

 

例子：The Solar System comprises the Sun and its planetary system, and a number of dwarf planets, satellites, and other objects that orbit the Sun.

 

 

• Mercury 水星
• Venus 金星
• Earth 地球
• Mars 火星
• Jupiter 木星
• Saturn 土星
• Uranus 天王星
• Neptune 海王星

(Pluto 冥王星 – removed from list)

 

 

orbit 軌跡

(noun 名詞)

例子：The orbit is a curved path in space that is followed by an object going round and round a planet, moon, or star.

 

orbit 繞行

(verb 動詞)

例子：The moon orbits around the Earth.

 

sphere 球體

(noun 名詞)

 

spherical shape 球狀

 

galaxy 銀河系

(noun 名詞)

 

astronomy 天文學

(noun 名詞)

 

astronaut 太空人

(noun 名詞)

 

odyssey 冒險之旅

(noun 名詞)

 

例子：Voyager 1's odyssey began in 1977 when the spacecraft was launched on a tour of the gas giant planets of the solar system.

 

Odyssey 一字源自希臘，聽聽Crystal 解說自有分曉！

 

launch

(verb 動詞)

 

• to send a rocket into the air, underwater or the space

例子：Submarines can launch torpedoes deep under the sea.

 

• to start an activity

例子：The school launched a new reading programme.

 

• to make something available to the public

例子：The company launches a new product.

 

launch

(noun 名詞)

例子：book launch

 

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