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eclipse/iˈklips/ n. & v.●n. 1 the obscuring of the light from one celestial body by the passage of another between it and the observer or between it and its source of illumination 食(月食、日食等天文现象) 2 a deprivation of light or the period of this 晦暗，光线被遮暗的时刻 3 a rapid or sudden loss of importance or prominence, esp. in relation to another or a newly arrived person or thing 黯然失色，(声誉、地位等)突然暗淡(尤指由于另一新人或新事物的出现而造成的失色或暗淡) 4 Zool. a phase during which a bird's distinctive markings are obscured by moulting of the breeding plumage 【动】(鸟类因换羽而造成的)羽毛色彩暗淡的时期 ●v. tr. 1 (of a celestial body) obscure the light from or to (another) (指天体)遮掩(其他天体发出的或向其投射的)光 2 intercept (light, esp. of a lighthouse) 一明一暗的变化，遮暗间歇(指光线，尤指灯塔上的光) 3 deprive of prominence or importance; outshine, surpass 使失去光彩或重要性，使失色，超越 □ in eclipse 1 surpassed; in decline 被超越；逐渐衰退；失势 2 (of a bird) having lost its breeding plumage (鸟类)失去繁殖季节的羽毛 [Middle English via Old French and Latin from Greek ekleipsis, from ekleipō ‘fail to appear, be eclipsed’, from leipō ‘leave’] |