解释
- n. 赤道
※ 提供单词"equator"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。
中文词源
equator 赤道
来自equal, 平等的。用做地理名词。
英文词源
- equator (n.)
- late 14c., from Medieval Latin aequator (diei et noctis) "equalizer (of day and night)," agent noun from Latin aequare "make equal" (see equate). When the sun is on the celestial equator, twice annually, day and night are of equal length. Sense of "celestial equator" is earliest, extension to "terrestrial line midway between the poles" first recorded in English 1610s.
例句和用法
- 1. GPS operates best near the equator.
- 全球定位系统在赤道附近性能最好。
- 2. The equator is an imaginary line around the middle of the earth.
- 赤道是一条假想的环绕地球腰部的线。
- 3. Singapore is near the equator.
- 新加坡位于赤道附近.
- 4. The United States is north of the equator.
- 美国位于赤道以北.
- 5. All the planets orbit the Sun in roughly the same plane, round its equator.
- 所有的行星大致在同一平面上绕太阳赤道运转。
来自柯林斯例句
来自《权威词典》
来自《简明英汉词典》
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
来自柯林斯例句