meteorite
meteorite — 名詞
1. a solid chunk of rock or metal that falls from space and lands on a planet's sur
隕石
從太空墜落至行星表面的岩石或金屬塊
a solid chunk of rock or metal that falls from space and lands on a planet's surface without burning up completely
Last night, a meteorite crashed into a farmer's field near Buenos Aires.
昨晚，一顆隕石墜落在阿根廷布宜諾斯艾利斯附近的一座農田中。
collocation: meteorite + crash into [place]
By studying the rock, scientists learned that the meteorite came from Mars.
科學家研究這塊岩石後，發現這顆隕石來自火星。
The Natural History Museum displays a large iron meteorite found in the Atacama Desert.
國立自然歷史博物館展示了一塊在阿塔卡馬沙漠發現的大型鐵隕石。
After the meteorite struck, local people gathered around the smoking crater.
隕石墜落後，當地居民聚集在冒煙的隕石坑周圍。
A meteorite this size would have damaged a city if it had hit one.
這麼大的隕石如果擊中城市，會造成嚴重的損害。
- meteor
a space rock that burns up in the atmosphere; meteorite refers specifically to one that reaches the ground
- space rock
informal term that can mean any rocky object from space, whether in orbit, burning up, or landed
- meteoroid
a space rock still traveling through space before entering an atmosphere