orbit
US: /ˈɔɹbət/
UK: /ˈɔːbɪt/
UK: /ˈɔːbɪt/
English Vietnamese dictionary
orbit /'ɔ:bit/
- danh từ
- (giải phẫu) ổ mắt
- (sinh vật học) mép viền mắt (chim, sâu bọ)
- quỹ đạo
- (nghĩa bóng) lĩnh vực hoạt động
- ngoại động từ
- đi vào quỹ đạo, đi theo quỹ đạo
- đi vào quỹ đạo, đi theo quỹ đạo
- ngoại động từ
- đưa vào quỹ đạo (con tàu vũ trụ...)
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb
+ noun
1 [C, U] a curved path followed by a planet or an object as it moves around another planet, star, moon, etc: the earth's orbit around the sun + a space station in orbit round the moon + A new satellite has been put into orbit around the earth.
2 [sing.] an area that a particular person, organization, etc. deals with or is able to influence: to come / fall / be within sb's orbit
+ verb
~ (around sth) to move in an orbit (= a curved path) around a much larger object, especially a planet, star, etc: [VN] The earth takes a year to orbit the sun. [also V]
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 circuit, course, path, track, revolution, circle, round, cycle:
The earth's orbit round the sun is elliptical.
v.
2 revolve, go round, circle, encircle, turn:
The earth orbits the sun in a year. Electrons orbit the nucleus of an atom.
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
circular, elliptical | eccentric
Mercury's orbit is fairly eccentric.
| stable | planetary
VERB + ORBIT
enter, go into | put/send sth into | complete, make
The spaceship made an orbit of the moon.
PREP.
in ~
The satellite will remain in orbit for several years.
| ~ around/round
the moon's orbit around the earth
Concise English dictionary
orbits|orbited|orbiting'ɔrbɪt /'ɔːb-
noun
+the (usually elliptical) path described by one celestial body in its revolution about another
+a particular environment or walk of life
+an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a supersonic jet"
+the path of an electron around the nucleus of an atom
+the bony cavity in the skull containing the eyeball
verb
+move in an orbit
