galaxy 音标拼音: [g'æləksi]
n . 星系,银河系;一群出色的人物
星系,银河系;一群出色的人物
galaxy n 1 :
a splendid assemblage (
especially of famous people )
2 :
tufted evergreen perennial herb having spikes of tiny white flowers and glossy green round to heart -
shaped leaves that become coppery to maroon or purplish in fall [
synonym : {
galax },
{
galaxy }, {
wandflower }, {
beetleweed }, {
coltsfoot }, {
Galax urceolata }]
3 : (
astronomy )
a collection of star systems ;
any of the billions of systems each having many stars and nebulae and dust ;
"`
extragalactic nebula '
is a former name for `
galaxy '" [
synonym :
{
galaxy }, {
extragalactic nebula }]
Galaxy \
Gal "
ax *
y \,
n .;
pl . {
Galaxies }. [
F .
galaxie ,
L .
galaxias ,
fr .
Gr . ? (
sc . ?
circle ),
fr . ?, ?,
milk ;
akin to L .
lac .
Cf .
{
Lacteal }.]
[
1913 Webster ]
1 . (
Astron .)
1 .
The Milky Way ,
that luminous tract ,
or belt ,
which is seen at night stretching across the heavens ,
and which is composed of innumerable stars ,
so distant and blended as to be distinguishable only with the telescope . --
Nichol .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
A very large collection of stars comparable in size to the Milky Way system ,
held together by gravitational force and separated from other such star systems by large distances of mostly empty space .
Galaxies vary widely in shape and size ,
the most common nearby galaxies being over 70 ,
000 light years in diameter and separated from each other by even larger distances .
The number of stars in one galaxy varies ,
and may extend into the hundreds of billions .
[
PJC ]
3 .
A splendid or impressive assemblage of persons or things ;
as ,
a galaxy of movie stars .
[
1913 Webster PJC ]
Galban 74 Moby Thesaurus words for "
galaxy ":
Milky Way ,
Via Lactea ,
army ,
barred spiral ,
barred spiral galaxy ,
big name ,
celebrity ,
cluster ,
cohue ,
constellation ,
cosmic noise ,
crowd ,
crush ,
cynosure ,
deluge ,
figure ,
flock ,
flood ,
folk hero ,
galactic circle ,
galactic cluster ,
galactic coordinates ,
galactic latitude ,
galactic longitude ,
galactic nebula ,
galactic noise ,
galactic pole ,
great man ,
heap ,
hero ,
heroine ,
horde ,
host ,
idol ,
immortal ,
important person ,
island universe ,
jam ,
legion ,
lion ,
luminaries ,
luminary ,
man of mark ,
mass ,
master spirit ,
mob ,
multitude ,
name ,
notability ,
notable ,
panoply ,
person of note ,
personage ,
pleiad ,
pop hero ,
popular hero ,
popular idol ,
press ,
public figure ,
rabble ,
rout ,
ruck ,
social lion ,
somebody ,
spate ,
spheroidal galaxy ,
spiral ,
spiral galaxy ,
spiral nebula ,
star ,
supergalaxy ,
superstar ,
throng ,
worthy
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