Question

英语单词eclipse.ellipse

Answer 1

eclipse
英 [ɪ'klɪps] 　 　 美 [ɪ'klɪps] 　 　

n.日或月食；丧失；没落
vt.形成日或月食；使 ... 黯然失色
用作名词 (n.)
It will take an hour to reach full eclipse stage.
从月食到全食历时一个小时。
It was reported that there would be a lunar eclipse tomorrow evening.
据报道说，明天晚上有月食。
The moon is partly eclipsed.
月偏食了。
It was reported that there would be an annular eclipse tomorrow.
据报道说，明天有日环食。
After suffering an eclipse,she is now famous again.
她沉默一时期以后，现在又名声大噪了。
The Deputy Fuehrer found himself in eclipse.
这位副元首觉得自己已黯然失色。

用作及物动词 (vt.)
Its economy may well eclipse Japan's in size in 20 years or so."
中国经济的规模在20年左右的时间里完全可能超过日本。
Our happiness was soon eclipsed by the terrible news.
我们的快乐没多久就被可怕的消息蒙上了一层阴影。

eclipse的基本意思是指天体受到遮蔽,引申可表示某物/事物被另一物/事物部分地或全部地遮蔽、遮暗或取代。
eclipse是及物动词,接名词或代词作宾语。
eclipse常用于被动结构。

ellipse
英 [ɪ'lɪps] 　 　 美 [ɪ'lɪps] 　 　
n.椭圆；椭圆形
An arc is a portion of an ellipse.
弧线是椭圆的一部分。
Newton proved mathematically that the path of a planet must be an ellipse.
牛顿用数学证明了行星运行的轨道必定是椭圆形的。

Answer 2

日蚀，消失，黯然失色

追答

椭圆的