Orbiting
“Orbiting” 指天体或人造物体沿轨道环绕更大天体运行,如 satellites orbiting Earth(卫星绕地球转);引申可指人在社交场合里绕着某人转,如 orbiting an ex on social media(在社交媒体上默默关注前任动态)。
- “The space station has been orbiting Earth for over two decades.” (空间站绕地球运行已二十多年。)
- “We watched the moon orbiting through the telescope.” (我们用望远镜看月球沿轨道移动。)
- “He kept orbiting her at the party without saying hello.” (派对上他一直围着她转,却没打招呼。)
“Orbit” 源自拉丁语 orbita(车轮轨迹、路线),经天文学进入日常语,指封闭轨道路径。
“-ing” 表示正在沿轨道环绕;orbit 亦可作名词(轨道)或动词(绕……运行)。
太空时代以来 orbiting 是新闻高频词;近年社交语境中 “orbiting” 形容若即若离的线上关注,属现代关系俚语。
- 固定搭配: “orbiting satellite” (轨道卫星), “low Earth orbiting” (近地轨道运行)
- 原形: orbit
- 名词: orbit, orbiter
- 反义概念: deorbit(脱轨、再入)
“orbit + ing”:沿着固定圆圈转——orbiting 就是正在绕轨运行。
“While the probe was orbiting Mars, the team on Earth tracked every pass over the canyon.” (探测器绕火星飞行时,地面团队追踪它每次掠过峡谷。)