equator
equator 英 [ɪˈkweɪtə(r)] 美 [ɪˈkwetɚ]
n. 赤道
名词复数:equators
- An equator is a circle that divides the surface of an object into two equal halves. If you're freezing up there in Iceland, get yourself on down closer to the earth's equator, where it's nice and warm.
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- n. 赤道
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1. GPS operates best near the equator.
全球定位系统在赤道附近性能最好。
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2. Singapore is near the equator.
新加坡位于赤道附近.
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3. The equator is an imaginary line.
赤道是一条实际上并不存在的线.
- equator (n.) late 14c., from Medieval Latin aequator (diei et noctis) "equalizer (of day and night)," agent noun from Latin aequare "make equal" (see equate). When the sun is on the celestial equator, twice annually, day and night are of equal length. Sense of "celestial equator" is earliest, extension to "terrestrial line midway between the poles" first recorded in English 1610s.
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