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单词 galaxy
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Definition of galaxy in English:

galaxy

nounPlural galaxies ˈɡaləksiˈɡæləksi
  • 1A system of millions or billions of stars, together with gas and dust, held together by gravitational attraction.

    星系

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Some massive clusters of galaxies are similarly held together against the cosmic flow.
    • Eventually, these protogalactic fragments merged and galaxies and quasars formed.
    • There are reckoned to be about 400 billion stars in our galaxy, the Milky Way.
    • Or it may expand so fast that gravity could never pull galaxies together again.
    • There really is a big mountain out there on some planet in some solar system in some galaxy.
    • This clumping in turn produced the galaxies and clusters of galaxies we see today.
    • Near the geographic center of the galaxy was a binary star system called Theralia.
    • The clusters smashed together thousands of galaxies and trillions of stars.
    • With even greater, if not absolute certainty, we know that man can never be in a position to detect life in other solar systems of galaxies.
    • Stars and planets, galaxies and nebulas unveil themselves close to the eyes of the visitors.
    • The rishis tell us of the galactic center of the universe, which feeds energy to all the galaxies and solar systems of the universe.
    • Just as stars are the building blocks of galaxies, galaxies are the building blocks of the universe.
    • That is, we can discover things about the stars and galaxies involved from the way in which the Moon cuts off their light.
    • Supermassive black holes are found in the centers of galaxies that contain billions of stars.
    • New planetary star systems and galaxies are being discovered almost daily.
    • In the Nature we observe, the Universe is filled with dust and gas in addition to stars, planets and galaxies.
    • But of course it has structures in it, stars and galaxies and clusters of galaxies.
    • There are a hundred billion stars in our galaxy alone and there are billions of other galaxies.
    • Section IV takes us off the land and into comets, galaxies and constellations of stars.
    • He was thinking only of the chance of individual stars within our own galaxy, the Milky Way, acting this way.
    Synonyms
    star system, solar system, constellation, cluster, nebula
    spiral galaxy, Seyfert galaxy
    stars, heavens
    1. 1.1 The galaxy of which the solar system is a part; the Milky Way.
      银河系;银河
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Conquering the galaxy involves dealing with a couple hundred billion stars at least.
      • You can conquer the galaxy with your best friends in a single evening.
      • And he needs to be president of the Galaxy to do it.
      • We realized that our Galaxy was just one of many billions of galaxies in the universe.
      • On another note, this story takes place now, just in a different part of the galaxy.
    2. 1.2 A large group of impressive people or things.
      〈喻〉一大批(人,物);引人注目的一群(人,物)
      the four musicians have played with a galaxy of stars
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Archeologists unearthed a galaxy of merry swastikas when they excavated Troy.
      • There were other great athletes in those days as well, in fact a galaxy of them.
      • The official website is now a positive galaxy of useful stuff.
      • Wales were savaged by the absence of a galaxy of their players.
      • To create his galaxy of impressions, Baxter watched television avidly, even backstage between stage shows.
      • Major cash problems for Australian clubs means a galaxy of internationals will want to play in Britain next season.
      • RSS-fortified radio on mobile phones opens a whole galaxy of possibilities.
      • In the galaxy of first-class hams, this one most definitely deserves its spot.
      • We don't have the galaxy of players we had when we had Woosnam and Lyle, Faldo and Ballesteros.
      • Auden was the next writer to sign on, bringing in his wake a galaxy of homeless talents.
      • A whole galaxy of cool, disco artists are banding together for a fun show to remember.
      • I would like to say that he was an emperor amongst the present galaxy of saints.
      • Kalpana Chawla, her name now enshrined in the galaxy of super achievers, was a rare bird indeed.
      • Greetings from a convention of those who admire the galaxy of nameless icons!
      • Music fans flocked to hear a galaxy of international stars at a festival of global music and dance.
      Synonyms
      brilliant gathering, dazzling assemblage, illustrious group
      host, multitude, array, mass, bevy, horde, company, army, flock, group

The Galaxy in which the earth is located is a disc-shaped spiral galaxy with approximately 100,000 million stars. The sun is located about two thirds of the way out from the centre

Origin

Late Middle English (originally referring to the Milky Way): via Old French from medieval Latin galaxia, from Greek galaxias (kuklos) 'milky (vault)', from gala, galakt- 'milk'.

  • If you look into the sky on a dark moonless night you can see a band of pale light crossing the sky, made up of vast numbers of faint stars that appear to be packed closely together. This is the Milky Way, a direct translation of what the Romans called via lactea. The Greeks were also reminded of milk and named it galaxias kuklos ‘the milky vault’, from gala ‘milk’, the origin of our word galaxy. It was adopted into medieval English and at first referred specifically to the Milky Way, though later it applied to any system of millions of stars. In current sporting usage, especially in football, galactico is a term for one of a team's superstar players. A Spanish word, it is chiefly associated with the club Real Madrid, whose high-profile signings Luis Figo, Zinedine Zidane, Ronaldo Lima, and David Beckham were collectively dubbed Los Galácticos, literally ‘the galactics’, because they were ‘bigger than stars’.

Definition of galaxy in US English:

galaxy

nounˈɡaləksēˈɡæləksi
  • 1A system of millions or billions of stars, together with gas and dust, held together by gravitational attraction.

    星系

    The Galaxy in which the earth is located is a disk-shaped spiral galaxy with approximately 100,000 million stars. The sun is located about two thirds of the way out from the center

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Eventually, these protogalactic fragments merged and galaxies and quasars formed.
    • This clumping in turn produced the galaxies and clusters of galaxies we see today.
    • Or it may expand so fast that gravity could never pull galaxies together again.
    • That is, we can discover things about the stars and galaxies involved from the way in which the Moon cuts off their light.
    • With even greater, if not absolute certainty, we know that man can never be in a position to detect life in other solar systems of galaxies.
    • Stars and planets, galaxies and nebulas unveil themselves close to the eyes of the visitors.
    • There are a hundred billion stars in our galaxy alone and there are billions of other galaxies.
    • In the Nature we observe, the Universe is filled with dust and gas in addition to stars, planets and galaxies.
    • The clusters smashed together thousands of galaxies and trillions of stars.
    • There really is a big mountain out there on some planet in some solar system in some galaxy.
    • He was thinking only of the chance of individual stars within our own galaxy, the Milky Way, acting this way.
    • Some massive clusters of galaxies are similarly held together against the cosmic flow.
    • Just as stars are the building blocks of galaxies, galaxies are the building blocks of the universe.
    • Supermassive black holes are found in the centers of galaxies that contain billions of stars.
    • There are reckoned to be about 400 billion stars in our galaxy, the Milky Way.
    • Section IV takes us off the land and into comets, galaxies and constellations of stars.
    • But of course it has structures in it, stars and galaxies and clusters of galaxies.
    • Near the geographic center of the galaxy was a binary star system called Theralia.
    • The rishis tell us of the galactic center of the universe, which feeds energy to all the galaxies and solar systems of the universe.
    • New planetary star systems and galaxies are being discovered almost daily.
    Synonyms
    star system, solar system, constellation, cluster, nebula
    1. 1.1the Galaxy The galaxy of which the solar system is a part; the Milky Way.
      银河系;银河
      Example sentencesExamples
      • We realized that our Galaxy was just one of many billions of galaxies in the universe.
      • And he needs to be president of the Galaxy to do it.
      • On another note, this story takes place now, just in a different part of the galaxy.
      • Conquering the galaxy involves dealing with a couple hundred billion stars at least.
      • You can conquer the galaxy with your best friends in a single evening.
    2. 1.2 A large group of impressive people or things.
      〈喻〉一大批(人,物);引人注目的一群(人,物)
      the four musicians have played with a galaxy of stars
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Auden was the next writer to sign on, bringing in his wake a galaxy of homeless talents.
      • In the galaxy of first-class hams, this one most definitely deserves its spot.
      • The official website is now a positive galaxy of useful stuff.
      • Wales were savaged by the absence of a galaxy of their players.
      • A whole galaxy of cool, disco artists are banding together for a fun show to remember.
      • There were other great athletes in those days as well, in fact a galaxy of them.
      • We don't have the galaxy of players we had when we had Woosnam and Lyle, Faldo and Ballesteros.
      • Greetings from a convention of those who admire the galaxy of nameless icons!
      • I would like to say that he was an emperor amongst the present galaxy of saints.
      • Archeologists unearthed a galaxy of merry swastikas when they excavated Troy.
      • Music fans flocked to hear a galaxy of international stars at a festival of global music and dance.
      • RSS-fortified radio on mobile phones opens a whole galaxy of possibilities.
      • Kalpana Chawla, her name now enshrined in the galaxy of super achievers, was a rare bird indeed.
      • Major cash problems for Australian clubs means a galaxy of internationals will want to play in Britain next season.
      • To create his galaxy of impressions, Baxter watched television avidly, even backstage between stage shows.
      Synonyms
      brilliant gathering, dazzling assemblage, illustrious group

Origin

Late Middle English (originally referring to the Milky Way): via Old French from medieval Latin galaxia, from Greek galaxias (kuklos) ‘milky (vault)’, from gala, galakt- ‘milk’.

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