【astronomer】 - A-level备考词汇

astronomer

UK:  [ə'strɒnəmə(r)]

US:  [ə'strɑnəmər]

复数：astronomers  

n.

1.天文学家

1 . An astronomer makes the case that the best place to search for habitable planets may be very close to white dwarf stars.
一位天文学家提出了一种新想法，在靠近白矮星的地方找最寻适合生命居住的行星。

2 . As the nearest celestial body to our Earth, the Moon has, of course, always been a favored object for the amateur astronomer.
月球是最接近地球的天体，当然总是业余天文学家喜爱的对象。

3 . Nowadays the light collected by the lens or mirror of a telescope is directed to a photographic plate rather than to the astronomer's eye.
被望远镜的透镜或反射镜所收集的光线，如今直接射到照相底板上，而不是天文学家的眼睛里。

4 . "It was a memorable experience and I feel lucky to [have seen] it, " astronomer Gianluca Masi of Rome, Italy, told Space. com.
“那是一次值得纪念的观赏经历，我为此感到十分庆幸。”身处意大利罗马的天文学家吉安卢卡·马西在群聚网上说到。

5 . When an astronomer discovers one of these he does not give it a name, but only a number. He might call it, for example, "Asteroid 325. "
当一个天文学者发现了其中一个星星，他就给它编上一个号码，例如把它称作“325小行星”。