Mars

TEM4CET6中低频词

英 [mɑːz] 美[mɑrz]

释义

n. 战神；[天] 火星

中文词源

Mars 战神，火星

来自拉丁语Mars,古罗马神话战神。后用以指火星，因火星鲜红如血的颜色而得名。

英文词源

Mars: Roman god of war, also the name of the bright red planet, late 14c., from Latin Mars (stem *Mawort-), the Roman god of war, of unknown origin, apparently from earlier Mavors, related to Oscan Mamers. According to Watkins the Latin word is from *Mawort- "name of an Italic deity who became the god of war at Rome ...." He also had agricultural attributes, and might ultimately have been a Spring-Dionysus. The planet was so named by the Romans, no doubt for its blood-like color. The Greeks also called the planet Pyroeis "the fiery."

双语例句

1. Mars has an insubstantial atmosphere, consisting almost entirely of carbon dioxide.: 火星的大气层极其稀薄，几乎全部由二氧化碳构成。

2. The planet Mars will be visible to the naked eye all week.: 整周都可以用肉眼观察到火星。

3. Mars was visible, dead in the centre of the telescope.: 可以看得见火星，就在望远镜的正中央。

英英释意

2. (Roman mythology) Roman god of war and agriculture; father of Romulus and Remus; counterpart of Greek Ares

实用场景例句

Mars has an insubstantial atmosphere, consisting almost entirely of carbon dioxide.: 火星的大气层极其稀薄，几乎全部由二氧化碳构成。

Mars is too faint and too low in the sky to be observable.: 火星星光暗淡，位置低悬，难以看见。

It will be a long time before any landing on Mars can be attempted.: 试图在火星上着陆是一件遥远的事.

Aphrodite soon left him for Ares ( Mars ), the handsome god of war.: 不久阿芙罗狄蒂离开他到漂亮的战神阿瑞斯 ( 即马尔斯 ) 那儿去了.

Living on Mars would be like living on a very high mountain.: 在火星上生活就像住在一座非常高的山上.

The diameter of Mars is slightly over half that of the earth.: 火星的直径比地球的半径稍大些.

考试真题

But they can attain more distant orbits; NASA plans for most of its future Earth-escaping payloads to the moon and Mars especially to carry CubeSats.

Nasa is worried about two things: recovery time once astronauts return home, and, more importantly, how to maintain strength and fitness for the two and a half years or more that it would take to make a round-trip to mars.