查词 - eclipses

eclipse

ɪˈklɪps noun

1 an occasion when the sun or the moon cannot be seen, because the Earth is passing directly between the moon and the sun, or because the moon is passing directly between the Earth and the sun 日食; 月食 C

an eclipse of the sun

日食

a total eclipse

全食

2 a situation in which someone or something loses their power or fame, because someone or something else has become more powerful or famous 〔权力或名望的〕黯然失色 singular 单数

Many people expected the growth of television to mean the eclipse of radio.

许多人预计电视业的发展会使广播业黯然失色。

3

in eclipse

less famous or powerful than you should be 被埋没，湮没无闻 formal

Mrs Bosanquet’s novels are now in eclipse.

博赞基特夫人的小说现在已经湮没无闻。

verb

4 if the moon eclipses the sun, the sun cannot be seen behind the moon, and if the Earth eclipses the moon, the moon cannot be seen because the Earth is between the sun and the moon 出现〔日食、月食等〕，遮住…的光

5 to become more important, powerful, famous etc than someone or something else, so that they are no longer noticed 使失色，盖过; often passive 常用被动态

The economy had eclipsed the environment as an election issue.

经济作为竞选话题已经盖过环境问题。