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
- During the flight, a stewardess came up to us and presented the certificate for crossing the equator.
在飞行中，一位空姐过来，给了我们一张穿过赤道的证明。 - New Zealand is a South Pacific country located midway between the Equator and the South Pole.
新西兰是一个南太平洋国家，位于赤道和南极洲之间。 - Singapore is near the equator.
新加坡位于赤道附近。 - Using latitude and longitude is easiest along the equator, where the grid lines formed are roughly square.
沿着赤道使用维度和经度相当简单，形成的网格线大致也是方形的。 - 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。 - The other point of intersection of equator and the ecliptic is called the Autumnal Equinox.
赤道和黄道的另一个相交点叫作秋分点。 - Water tends to move from the poles toward the equator.
属于或关于赤道地区特有的条件的。因而水会倾向于由极区往赤道地区移动。 - 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。 - 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。 - If you straddled the equator you would see neither clockwise or counterclockwise movement.
如果你跨越赤道，你会看到不会看到顺时针或逆时针的运动。