meteor shower
noun [ C ] uk/ˈmiː.ti.ɔː ˌʃaʊ.ər/ us/ˈmiː.t̬i.ɔːr ˌʃaʊ.ɚ/
流星雨
an occasion when a number of meteors (= pieces of matter in space that produce a bright light as they travel) move fast across the sky at night
The Orionids are one of two annual meteor showers. 猎户座流星雨是每年两次流星雨中的一次。
This could be the best meteor shower that anybody alive today will ever see. 这可能是目前世人可能看到的最棒的流星雨。
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- No significant meteor shower takes place in September.
- Astronomers began looking at what causes meteor showers.
- No meteor shower can compare to the one seen in 1833.