equator

英 [ɪˈkweɪtə(r)]

美 [ɪˈkweɪtər]

n.  赤道

复数：equators　

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牛津词典

noun

• 赤道
  an imaginary line around the earth at an equal distance from the North and South Poles

柯林斯词典

• 赤道
  The equatoris an imaginary line around the middle of the earth at an equal distance from the North Pole and the South Pole.

英英释义

noun

• an imaginary line around the Earth forming the great circle that is equidistant from the north and south poles
  1. the equator is the boundary between the northern and southern hemispheres
• a circle dividing a sphere or other surface into two usually equal and symmetrical parts

双语例句

• During the flight, a stewardess came up to us and presented the certificate for crossing the equator.
  在飞行中，一位空姐过来，给了我们一张穿过赤道的证明。
• Present-day Europe and North America were on the equator back then, and were covered with rainforests.
  现在的欧洲和北美在当时位于赤道，被热带雨林覆盖着。
• If you straddled the equator you would see neither clockwise or counterclockwise movement.
  如果你跨越赤道，你会看到不会看到顺时针或逆时针的运动。
• Either of two points on the celestial sphere at which the ecliptic intersects the celestial equator.
  二分点在天球上天赤道与黄道相切的两点中的任一点。
• Amelia and Fred headed south toward the equator.
  阿米莉亚和弗雷德向南方的赤道飞去。
• Water tends to move from the poles toward the equator.
  属于或关于赤道地区特有的条件的。因而水会倾向于由极区往赤道地区移动。
• Relating to the vicinity of the equator.
  与赤道附近地区有关。
• An island country of the west-central Pacific Ocean near the equator.
  太平洋中西部靠近赤道的一个岛国。
• Regions farther from the Equator generally are experiencing more warming, and the Arctic is warming fastest of all.
  距离赤道越远的地区一般会经历更明显的变暖，所以北极是变暖最快的。
• This is because the island is so close to the equator.
  这是因为这个岛非常靠近赤道。