Saturday, 16 February, 2013, 7:41pm
Divers scoured (1. 四出搜查︰to make a thorough search of) the bottom of a Russian lake on Saturday for fragments of a meteorite (隕石, 即已落地的流星) that plunged to Earth in a blinding (2. 炫目的︰extremely bright) fireball whose shockwaves (3. 衝擊波: a sharp change of pressure caused by explosion) injured 1,200 people and damaged thousands of homes.
1. To scour:: Rescue crews scoured an area of 30 square miles...
救援人員搜遍了30平方英里的範圍。
2. Blinding: The reflection of the sun on the glass wall was blinding. <簡明英漢詞典>
玻璃牆上反射的太陽光令人目眩。
3. shockwaves ( a widespread feeling of shock caused by an unexpected event):
The oil embargo sent shockwaves through the American economy.
石油禁運波及美國經濟。
The 10-tonnes meteor (流星，仍在天空飛行，落地後才變作meteorite) streaked across the sky (4. 劃過天空) in the Urals region on Friday morning just as the world braced for (5. 做好準確︰prepared for) a close encounter with a large asteroid (小行星: A very small planet that moves around the sun between Mars and Jupiter.) that left some Russian officials calling for (6. 要求: demanding for) the creation of a global system of space object defence.
4. To streak: to move very fast in a specified direction
He streaked away from the pack.
他迅速從那群人中躥了出去。
5. To brace for: He braced himself for the icy plunge into the black water...
他做好了準備要跳進冰冷的髒水裡。
6. To call for: They angrily called for his resignation...
他們憤怒地要求他辭職。
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7. To whizz: 颼颼掠過 (to move very fast)
An asteroid whizzed past Earth.
小行星颼颼掠過地球。
The car whizzed by him.
汽車嗖的一聲從他身邊開過。
8. A meteor shot across (= streaked across) the sky.
流星劃過天空。
9. The meteor arched across the sky.
流星呈弧形在空中劃過。
10. Meteors blazed across the atmosphere.
流星燃燒著穿過大氣層。
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