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流星的,疾速的,大气的
资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Meteoric \Me`te*or"ic\, a. [Cf. F. m['e]t['e]orique.]
1. Of or pertaining to a meteor, or to meteors; atmospheric,
as, meteoric phenomena; meteoric stones.
2. Influenced by the weather; as, meteoric conditions.
3. Flashing; brilliant; transient; like a meteor; as,
meteoric fame. ``Meteoric politician.'' --Craik.
{Meteoric iron}, {Meteoric stone}. (Min.) See {Meteorite}.
{Meteoric paper}, a substance of confervoid origin found
floating in the air, and resembling bits of coarse paper;
-- so called because formerly supposed to fall from
meteors.
{Meteoric showers}, periodical exhibitions of shooting stars,
occuring about the 9th or 10th of August and 13th of
November, more rarely in April and December, and also at
some other periods.
资料来源 : WordNet®
meteoric
adj 1: of or pertaining to atmospheric phenomena, especially
weather and weather conditions; "meteorological
factors"; "meteorological chart"; "meteoric (or
meteorological) phenomena" [syn: {meteorologic}, {meteorological}]
2: pertaining to or consisting of meteors or meteoroids;
"meteoric shower"; "meteoric impacts"
3: like a meteor in speed or brilliance or transience; "a
meteoric rise to fame"