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solar system

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Astronomy
ˈsolar ˌsystem ●○○ noun  1. the solar system HAthe Sun and the planets that go around it 太阳系4  See picture of 见图 solar system2. [countable]HA this kind of system around another star 〔以其他恒星为中心的〕类太阳系
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solar systemHaving a solar system reflects that lifestyle.We may visualise them as wavelengths and orbits about a nucleus - with some similarity to a miniature solar system.Not long ago I had read that each atom was a sort of solar system.Comets are hunks of dirt and ice with elongated orbits that take them from the outer solar system to near the sun.Many probably pre-date the solar system, having perhaps been protected inside comets.But full acceptance of the importance of large impacts on Earth had to await the exploration of the solar system by spacecraft.A less-contrived example involves the relation between Kepler's theory of the solar system and Newton's.
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solar system
ˈsolar ˌsystem noun
1. the solar system the Sun and the planets that go around it
2. [countable] this kind of system around another star


solar systemBrE /ˈsəʊlə sɪstəm/ 🔊NAmE /ˈsoʊlər sɪstəm/ 🔊 nounthe solar system [singular] the sun and all the planets that move around it 太阳系 [countable] any group of planets that all move around the same star 类太阳系