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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   eclipse

   • IPA[əˈklips]

   美式

   • n.
     an obscuring of the light from one celestial body by the passage of another between it and the observer or between it and its source of illumination；a loss of significance, power, or prominence in relation to another person or thing
   • v.
     (of a celestial body) obscure the light from or to (another celestial body)；deprive (someone or something) of significance, power, or prominence

   • noun: eclipse, plural noun: eclipses

2. • 釋義
   • 片語

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. an obscuring of the light from one celestial body by the passage of another between it and the observer or between it and its source of illumination an eclipse of the sun 同義詞 blotting out, blocking, covering, obscuring, hiding, ... 更多concealing, veiling, shrouding, darkening, occultation
   • ▪ a loss of significance, power, or prominence in relation to another person or thing personal problems hastened the eclipse of his career 同義詞 decline, fall, failure, decay, deterioration, ... 更多degeneration, weakening, ebb, waning, withering, descent, sinking, slide, tumble, regression, lapse, collapse, comedown, crash, outshining, overshadowing, surpassing, excelling, outclassing, outstripping, outdistancing, outdoing, transcending, dwarfing, upstaging, shaming反義詞 rise
   • 2. a phase during which the distinctive markings of a bird (especially a male duck) are obscured by molting of the breeding plumage eclipse plumage

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. (of a celestial body) obscure the light from or to (another celestial body) as the last piece of the sun was eclipsed by the moon
   • ▪ deprive (someone or something) of significance, power, or prominence the state of the economy has eclipsed the environment as the main issue 同義詞 outshine, overshadow, put in the shade, surpass, exceed, ... 更多excel, be superior to, outclass, outstrip, outdistance, outdo, top, cap, trump, transcend, tower above/over, dwarf, upstage, shame, put to shame, informalbe head and shoulders above, be a cut above, archaicextinguish, outrival
   • ▪ obscure or block out (light) a sea of blue sky violently eclipsed by showers 同義詞 blot out, block, cover, obscure, veil, ... 更多shroud, hide, conceal, obliterate, darken, dim, shade, cast a shadow over, occult

   片語

   • in eclipse