comet

The comet was a type known to astronomers as a sun-grazing comet because its path brought it extremely close to the sun.

这个彗星属于天文学家所称的“掠日彗星”类型，因为它会顺着轨道极度靠近太阳。

apoapsis in solar orbit; the point in the orbit of a planet or comet that is at the greatest distance from the sun.

以太阳为中心的最远点；在天体运行轨道上距离太阳最远的点。

The first human inhabitants of North America may not have exterminated the mammoths. The culprit might have been a comet.

北美洲最早的人类可能不是灭绝猛犸象的凶手。真正的罪犯有可能是一颗彗星。

The slump is being discussed as if it were a natural catastrophe like the arrival of the comet that destroyed the dinosaurs.

人们谈论衰退，就好像在谈论自然灾难，犹如彗星撞击地球，使恐龙灭绝。

But like the tail of every other comet, Halley's tail is just dust.

其实，哈雷的彗星与一般的彗星无异，都是由尘埃构成。

I took a pair of binoculars and stood out in the mission compound, searching the skies where I knew the comet could be seen.

我取了望远镜，站在院子里，往哈雷彗星出现的方向寻找。

The natives said that Bob looked like a comet as he ran around the village trying to find water.

当地人说鲍勃满村跑着找水时，看起来就像一颗彗星。

If you are fortunate enough to see a comet, don't give it just a casual glance and then vanish indoors.

倘若你有幸看到彗星，不要随意扫上一眼就进到屋里。

I knew you'd try to find something wrong with my comet, Lisa. You've always been petty and small, right from the beginning.

我知道你一直在找我彗星的麻烦，丽萨，你刚才真是美丽小巧。

The comet made two passes around the Sun and in 1779 again passed very close to Jupiter, which then threw it back out of the solar system.

这颗扫帚星在太阳边上逛了一下，1779年又到木星边上挑衅，这次木星把它赶回了外太阳系。

But little had been heard from Ikeya (at least outside Japan) until he made his sixth comet discovery last week.

但是在他上周发现第六颗之前还是很少听说过池谷（至少是在日本以外的地方）。“他可真是老当益壮！”

People might remember a few years ago, we had a fantastic comet, called Comet Hale-Bopp; suddenly came out of nowhere.

人们可能还记得几年前，我们发现一个壮观的彗星，也就是海尔-博普彗星，它的出现突然间让世人震惊。

"A young Springfieldianite has discovered a new comet to be known as the 'Bart Simpson Comet'. " Oh, honey, I'm so proud of you.

一个年轻的春田镇少年发现了一个彗星，命名为巴仔彗星。哦，宝贝我真为你感到骄傲。

They point at the red Berlingo driving across the sky as though it were Halley's Comet.

他们指着驶过天空的红色贝林戈，就好像它是哈雷彗星似地。

As a comet gets closer to the sun, the ice on the surface of the nucleus begins turning into gas, forming a cloud known as the coma.

当彗星接近太阳时，慧核表面的冰便升华成气体，形成了我们称为“彗发”的雾状结构。

Thousands of chunks of material from the comet would have rained down on Earth, each one releasing the energy of a one megaton nuclear bomb.

无数的大块彗星碎片雨点般落到地球上，每一个大块碎片的撞击都释放了一个百万吨级核弹所释放的能量。

He was an early proponent of the theory that life on Earth may have come from Mars in rocks ejected by asteroid and comet impacts.

他是这项理论早期的支持者：地球生命也许来自火星，通过小行星和彗星冲撞而由岩石喷射而出。

That's what I'm trying to do. Said Comet. But it's too fast.

这就是我想要做的。该彗星。但它太快。

The emperor's long beard streamed in the wind like the tail of a flaming red comet.

这位国王的长胡须迎风飘扬，宛如燃烧着的红色慧星的尾巴。

Another way, in which life could fail to develop to an intelligent stage, would be if an asteroid or comet were to collide with the planet.

从另一方面考虑，生命未能发展到具有智能的阶段，是否可能是小行星或彗星与行星发生了碰撞。