meteor

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

noun

1. (astronomy) any of the small solid extraterrestrial bodies that hits the earth's atmosphere (Freq. 6)
• Syn:
meteoroid
• Derivationally related forms:
meteoric
• Topics:
astronomy, uranology
• Hypernyms:
extraterrestrial object, estraterrestrial body
• Hyponyms:
meteorite, meteor swarm
2. a streak of light in the sky at night that results when a meteoroid hits the earth's atmosphere and air friction causes the meteoroid to melt or vaporize or explode
• Syn:
shooting star
• Hypernyms:
light, visible light, visible radiation
• Hyponyms:
bolide, fireball
• Part Holonyms:
meteor shower, meteor stream

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  shooting star, meteoroid