1HAa very large round object in space that moves around the Sun or another star 行星
Mercury is the smallest of all the planets.
水星是行星中最小的一颗。
Is there life on other planets?
其他行星上有生命吗?
the future of planet Earth
地球的未来
Don’t say ‘in a planet’. Say on a planet.
不要说 ‘in a planet’. 而要说on a planet.
2somebody is (living) on another planet/what planet is somebody on?spokenSTUPID/NOT SENSIBLE used humorously to say that someone’s ideas are not at all practical or sensible 某人是外星人〔幽默用法,表示某人的想法完全不切实际或不明智〕
He thinks motherhood is glamorous – what planet is he on?
他觉得当母亲令人向往--他是外星人吧?
Examples from the Corpus
somebody is (living) on another planet/what planet is somebody on?• As a replacement for the Bluebird, the Primera is on another planet.• People in the AntelopeValley worry that most people south of the mountains think that their valley is on another planet.
3the planetWORLDthe world – used especially when talking about the environment 地球〔尤用于谈论环境〕
ADJECTIVE | VERB + PLANET | PLANET + VERB | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤distant遙遠的星球▸➤alien, unknown陌生的/不知名的行星➤inner, outer帶內/帶外行星◇the outer planets of our solar system我們太陽系的帶外行星➤extrasolar (= outside our solar system) (technical術語) 太陽系外行星◇Hubble has found around 100 new extrasolar planets.哈勃望遠鏡已經發現大約 100 顆新的太陽系外行星。➤Earth-like類地行星◇the search for Earth-like planets尋找類地行星➤rocky岩石行星◇rocky planets like Venus and Mars像金星和火星之類的岩石行星➤another, different (figurative, humorous) 外星球◇He looked like something from another planet!他看上去像是從外星球來的!VERB + PLANET➤be in orbit around, orbit環繞行星軌道運行◇The spacecraft is currently in orbit around the red planet.該航天器目前在圍繞這顆紅色行星運行。➤destroy, save毀滅/拯救地球◇We are destroying the planet with our fossil-fuel lifestyle.我們依賴礦物燃料的生活方式正在摧毀地球。◇Will recycling help save the planet?循環再利用會有助於拯救地球嗎?PLANET + VERB➤orbit行星環繞軌道運行◇How many planets orbit the sun?有多少顆行星繞着太陽轉?PREPOSITION➤from a/the planet來自行星◇creatures from an alien planet來自外星球的生物➤on a/the planet在行星上◇She believes there is life on other planets.她相信其他行星上有生命存在。