solar-system
UK/'səʊlə-'sɪstəm/US
Definitions
n.
The Sun together with all the planets and bodies orbiting it.
太阳系
Root Breakdown
Root-derivedsolaralone, single (Latin sōlus); sun (Latin sōl)
+
systemroot
=solar-system
solar (of the sun) + system = the system centered on the Sun: the Sun and everything orbiting it.
Common Collocations
- 1.solar system formation太阳系的形成
- 2.outer solar system太阳系外围
- 3.explore the solar system探索太阳系
- 4.solar system model太阳系模型
Example Sentences
- 1.
Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system.
- 2.
Scientists study how the solar system formed.