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掩蔽,消失,躲藏

资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Occultation \Oc`cul*ta"tion\, n. [L. occultatio a hiding, fr.
   occultare, v. intens. of occulere: cf.F. occultation. See
   {Occult}.]
   1. (Astron.) The hiding of a heavenly body from sight by the
      intervention of some other of the heavenly bodies; --
      applied especially to eclipses of stars and planets by the
      moon, and to the eclipses of satellites of planets by
      their primaries.

   2. Fig.: The state of being occult.

            The reappearance of such an author after those long
            periods of occultation.               --Jeffrey.

   {Circle of perpetual occultation}. See under {Circle}.

资料来源 : WordNet®

occultation
     n : one celestial body obscures another [syn: {eclipse}]