equator
英 [ɪˈkweɪtə(r)]
美 [ɪˈkweɪtər]
n. 赤道
复数：equators
Collins.1 / BNC.15702 / COCA.12760
牛津词典
noun
- 赤道
an imaginary line around the earth at an equal distance from the North and South Poles
柯林斯词典
- 赤道
The equatoris an imaginary line around the middle of the earth at an equal distance from the North Pole and the South Pole.
英英释义
noun
- an imaginary line around the Earth forming the great circle that is equidistant from the north and south poles
- the equator is the boundary between the northern and southern hemispheres
- a circle dividing a sphere or other surface into two usually equal and symmetrical parts
双语例句
- An island country of the west-central Pacific Ocean near the equator.
太平洋中西部靠近赤道的一个岛国。 - Regions farther from the Equator generally are experiencing more warming, and the Arctic is warming fastest of all.
距离赤道越远的地区一般会经历更明显的变暖，所以北极是变暖最快的。 - Voyager Two also found a giant storm south of Neptune's equator.
旅行者2号还发现海王星赤道以南有巨大的风暴。 - People live on the equator and in the Arctic, in the desert and in the rainforest.
在赤道地区和北极圈，在沙漠中和热带雨林里，人们都能生活。 - Terrestrial latitude is measured in degrees north or south from the equator.
地球纬度是从赤道向南或向北以度数来表示。 - Its epicenter was located in the Earth's mid-latitudes rather than near the equator like the Sumatran event.
它的震中位于地球的中纬度，而不是向苏门答腊那样位于靠近赤道的位置。 - Lying halfway between the equator and the North Pole, the region should have a typical north-temperate climate.
既然它位于赤道和北极之间，就应该有典型的北温带气候。 - An imaginary line around the moon parallel to its equator.
围绕月亮与月亮的赤道平行的假想线。 - Present-day Europe and North America were on the equator back then, and were covered with rainforests.
现在的欧洲和北美在当时位于赤道，被热带雨林覆盖着。 - The equator is a great circle midway between the North and South Poles.
赤道圈是一个位于南北极当中的大圆周。