eclipse （英文单词）

释义

noun 1. an astronomical event that occurs when an astronomical object is temporarily obscured, either by passing into the shadow of another body or by having another body pass between it and the viewer.

食（天文现象）

2. a loss of importance, power, etc. especially because sb/sth else has become more important, powerful,etc.

黯然失色，暗淡

verb 1. to cause an eclipse

遮住……的光

2. to make sb/sth seem dull or unimportant by comparison

使失色；使相形见绌；使丧失重要性

用法

由于它指代“天体的部分或全部受其它天体的遮掩而变得晦暗”，我们可以将其引申为“使黯然失色”，用在英语写作或口语表达上会使您增色不少。

作名词时，eclipse常和介词in连用，如Fred was in eclipse,exiled to a small post in the south.（弗雷德失势了，被打发到南方去担任一个小差使。）作动词时，如：She is quite eclipsed by her clever younger sister.（在聪明的妹妹面前，她变得黯然失色。）

eclipse本身只有“食”的含义，故而月食应写作：lunar eclipse ，日食应写作：solar eclipse。如果要强调“日全食”可用total solar eclipse来表达；“日偏食”则是partial solar eclipse。