the regularly repeated elliptical course of a celestial object or spacecraft about a star or planet 轨道 ■one complete circuit round an orbited body (一圈)轨道 ■[mass noun]the state of being on or moving in such a course 绕轨道运行 the earth is in orbit around the sun. 地球在围绕太阳运行。 ■the path of an electron round an atomic nucleus 电子绕原子核运行的轨道
a sphere of activity, interest, or application (活动、兴趣或应用的)范围 audiences drawn largely from outside the Party orbit. 主要来自党外的听众。
(Anatomy)the cavity in the skull of a vertebrate that contains the eye; the eye socket (剖)眼眶,眼窝 ■the area around the eye of a bird or other animal (鸟兽的)眼睑;眼眶
(orbited, orbiting)
[with obj.](of a celestial object or spacecraft) move in orbit round (a star or planet) (天体,飞船)环绕(星球)运行 Mercury orbits the Sun. 水星环绕太阳运行。 ■[no obj.]fly or move round in a circle 盘旋,圆圈飞行 the mobile's disks spun and orbited slowly. 活动雕塑上的圆盘慢慢地,旋转着绕着圈子。 ■put (a satellite) into orbit 使(卫星)进入轨道
常用词组 into orbit
(informal)into a state of heightened performance, activity, anger, or excitement (非正式)进入表演(或行动的)最佳状态;勃然大怒;万分激动 his goal sent the fans into orbit. 他的进球使球迷们极度兴奋。
语源
mid 16th cent. (in sense 3): from Latin orbita 'course, track' (in medieval Latin 'eye socket'), feminine of orbitus 'circular', from orbis 'ring'