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orbit

noun
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  1. [countable, uncountable] a curved path followed by a planet or an object as it moves around another planet, star, moon, etc.（天体等运行的）轨道
    • the earth’s orbit around the sun地球环绕太阳的轨道
    • in orbit a space station in orbit around the moon在绕月轨道运行的空间站
    • into orbit A new satellite has been put into orbit around the earth.一颗新的人造卫星被送上了环绕地球的轨道。🔊🔊
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    • The spaceship made an orbit of the moon.宇宙飞船绕月球轨道运行了一周。
    • Mercury follows an elliptical orbit.水星遵循椭圆轨道。
    • He spent eleven months in orbit.他在太空待了十一个月。
    Topics Spaceb2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • circular
    • elliptical
    • eccentric
    • …
    verb + orbit
    • enter
    • go into
    • reach
    • …
    preposition
    • in orbit
    • orbit around
    • orbit round
    • …
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  2. [singular] an area that a particular person, organization, etc. deals with or is able to influence（人、组织等的）影响范围，势力范围
    • within somebody's orbit to come/fall/be within somebody’s orbit进入／落入／属于某人的势力范围
    3. Word Originmid 16th cent. (referring to the eye socket): from Latin orbita ‘course, track’ (in medieval Latin ‘eye socket’), feminine of orbitus ‘circular’, from orbis ‘ring’.

orbit

verb
🔊/ˈɔːbɪt/
🔊/ˈɔːrbɪt/
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Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they orbit
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he / she / it orbits
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past simple orbited
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past participle orbited
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-ing form orbiting
🔊/ˈɔːbɪtɪŋ/
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  1. to move in an orbit (= a curved path) around a much larger object, especially a planet, star, etc.沿轨道运行；围绕…运动
    • Stars near the edge of the galaxy orbit more slowly.银河边缘处的恒星运行的速度较慢。
    • orbit something The earth takes a year to orbit the sun.地球绕太阳一周要一年的时间。🔊🔊
    • orbit around something This technique has been used to detect planets orbiting around other stars.该技术已被用来探测绕着其他恒星运行的行星。
    Topics Spaceb2
    Word Originmid 16th cent. (referring to the eye socket): from Latin orbita ‘course, track’ (in medieval Latin ‘eye socket’), feminine of orbitus ‘circular’, from orbis ‘ring’.