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asteroid

noun

🔊/ˈæstərɔɪd/

🔊/ˈæstərɔɪd/

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any one of the many small planets that go around the sun小行星
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Asteroid is used before these nouns:
impact
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Word Originearly 19th cent.: from Greek asteroeidēs ‘starlike’, from astēr ‘star’.