英语释义

1. a celestial body orbiting another of larger size

2. a manufactured object or vehicle intended to orbit the earth, the moon, or another celestial body

3. someone or something attendant, subordinate, or dependent especially a country politically and economically dominated or controlled by another more powerful country

4. a usually independent urban community situated near but not immediately adjacent to a large city

5. direct broadcast satellite

6. a hired agent or obsequious follower minion, sycophant

7. an object (such as a moon) that moves around a much larger planet

8. a machine that is sent into space and that moves around the earth, moon, sun, or a planet

9. a country, organization, etc., that is controlled by a larger and more powerful country, organization, etc.

10. a smaller body that revolves around a planet

11. an object or vehicle sent out from the earth to revolve around the earth, moon, sun, or a planet

12. a short segment separated from the main body of a chromosome by a constriction — called also trabant

13. the secondary or later member of a chain of gregarines

14. a bodily structure lying near or associated with another (as a vein accompanying an artery)

15. a smaller lesion accompanying a main one and situated nearby

16. a spectral line of low intensity having a frequency close to that of another stronger line to which it is closely related (as by having a common energy level)

片语

satellite town卫星城；卫星镇

satellite antenna卫星天线

satellite television卫星电视

satellite transmission卫星传播

satellite communication[通信] 卫星通信

satellite tracking[航] 卫星跟蹤

navigation satellite[航] 导航卫星

locating satellites卫星定位

satellite imagery卫星图，卫星影像

satellite image卫星图象

satellite phone卫星电话

spy satellite间谍卫星

communication satellite[通信][航] 通信卫星；通讯卫星

geosynchronous satellites地球同步人造卫星；同步轨道卫星；[航] 对地同步卫星

satellite city卫星城

weather satellite气象卫星

satellite navigation卫星导航

Without Satellites没有卫星

satellite altimetry[测] 卫星测高（法）

architectural satellites原型卫星

leo satellitesleo卫星

artificial satellite人造卫星

meteorological satellite[气象][航] 气象卫星

satellite remote sensing卫星遥感；卫星遥感测量

Jovian satellites木卫

communications satellite通信卫星

英汉例句

• you might argue that keeping american technology out of foreign satellites was always the intention of the legislation, even if that harmed american firms.

  你也许会认为不让国外的卫星拥有美国航天技术就是立法的原意，即使这样做会损害美国公司的利益。

• we’ve collected images taken by astronauts and satellites from space of some of the most interesting islands on the planet.

  我们收集了从太空由宇航员和卫星拍摄的一些地球上的最有意思的岛屿的图片。

• iran has said it wants to put its own satellites into orbit to monitor natural disasters in the earthquake-prone nation and improve its telecommunications.

  伊朗说它发射自己的卫星进入轨道的目的是监视自然灾害和改进通讯，伊拉克是一个地带多发的国家。

• roving garbage robots might be a good way to clean up space debris, but they could also be used to knock enemy satellites out of orbit.

  漫游太空的垃圾清扫机器人，或许是一种清理太空残骸的好办法，但也可用来把敌方卫星撞出轨道之外

• by the end of 2006, 47 countries and other groups had placed satellites in orbit, either on their own or with help from others.

  到2006年底，已经有47个国家或其它集团或凭借自身能力或借助他人帮助在太空部署了卫星。

• the satellites sit in a very special orbit that allows them to circle the earth once in 24 hours.

  这些卫星位于一个十分特殊的轨道，以便它们能每隔24小时环绕地球一周。

• normal gps devices calculate their own location from the time it takes to receive signals from several satellites with known orbits.

  一般的gps系统在接收到几个轨道已知的卫星所发出的信号后就开始计算自己的位置。

• they use this research to analyze and solve problems dealing with satellites and space travel.

  他们利用他们的研究成果来分析和解决卫星和太空旅行方面的问题。

• but unlike weather satellites that look at the same region on earth 24 hours a day, terra and aqua generally only get one daylight view each of the gulf of mexico.

  但与每天24小时盯着地球同一个区域的气象卫星不同，一般情况下泰拉和阿卡只能各获取一张有关墨西哥湾的白天视图。

• satellites are not just military tools; they have also become a vital part of globalised civilian life.

  卫星不单只是军事工具；也可以成为全球化的民众生活的重要组成部分。

• the market for launching small satellites is presently only partly served by the pegasus rocket, which is launched at high altitude by a commercial jet aircraft.

  在小型卫星的发射这一市场，目前只有天马火箭公司提供一些服务。 他们用商务喷气式飞机在高空进行发射。

• the crew also will conduct the robotic refueling mission, an experiment to test tools and techniques for robotic refueling of satellites in space.

  宇航员还将进行一个机器人加油的任务。这是一项测试机器人在太空中为卫星加油的工具与技术的实验。

• in the past, us satellites have been commanded to approach and dock with other spacecraft.

  过去，美国的人造卫星曾在控制下相会，或者是与其他飞行器对接。

• while satellites have tracked the formation of new icebergs, this is the first detailed airborne survey of such an event.

  尽管卫星发现了很多新冰川的形成，但却是第一次详细从飞机上调查这样的事件。

• in the past abandoned or dysfunctional satellites have caused problems, with some pushed into extremely wide 「graveyard」 orbits that move them out of the way of other spacecraft.

  在过去，废弃的或失调的卫星曾造成过事故。 为了给其他飞船让路，它们就被推到了宽阔的「墓地」轨道上去。