satellite

noun

1. 人造卫星
   an electronic device that is sent into space and moves around the earth or another planet. It is used for communicating by radio, television, etc. and for providing information.
   1. a weather/communications satellite
      气象 / 通信卫星
   2. The interview came live by satellite from Hollywood.
      采访是通过卫星从好莱坞现场传来的。
   3. satellite television/TV (= broadcast using a satellite )
      卫星电视
   4. a satellite broadcast/channel/picture
      卫星广播 / 频道 / 照片
2. 卫星
   a natural object that moves around a larger natural object in space
   1. The moon is a satellite of earth.
      月球是地球的卫星。
3. 卫星城；卫星国；外围组织
   a town, a country or an organization that is controlled by and depends on another larger or more powerful one
   1. satellite states
      卫星国

1. N-COUNT 人造卫星
   A satellite is an object which has been sent into space in order to collect information or to be part of a communications system. Satellites move continually round the earth or around another planet.
   1. The rocket launched two communications satellites...
      火箭发射了两颗通信卫星。
   2. The signals are sent by satellite link...
      信号通过人造卫星链路发出。
   3. Worldwide coverage beamed by satellite generates huge audiences accompanied by global advertising revenues.
      通过卫星发射的信号覆盖全世界，从而产生了大量的观众并在全球范围内赚取不菲的广告费。
2. ADJ (电视)使用卫星技术的;卫视的
   Satellite television is broadcast using a satellite.
   1. They have four satellite channels.
      他们有 4 个卫星频道。
3. N-COUNT 卫星
   A satellite is a natural object in space that moves round a planet or star.
   1. ...the satellites of Jupiter.
      木星的卫星
4. N-COUNT 卫星国;附属国;卫星区;卫星组织
   You can refer to a country, area, or organization as a satellite when it is controlled by or depends on a larger and more powerful one.
   1. Italy became a satellite state of Germany by the end of the 1930s.
      意大利在 20 世纪 30 年代末成了德国的附庸。
   2. ...Russia and its former satellites.
      俄国及其曾经的卫星国

1. The astronauts will attach a motor that will boost the satellite into its proper orbit
   宇航员们将安装一个发动机，以推动卫星进入正常运行轨道。
2. The Luxembourg-based satellite service is not bound by the same strict rules as the BBC
   设在卢森堡的卫星服务公司无须像英国广播公司那样遵守严格的规定。
3. Ground controllers will then fire the booster, sending the satellite into its proper orbit.
   然后地面控制人员将会发射推进器，把卫星送入正常轨道。
4. The satellite re-entered the atmosphere and burned up
   卫星重新进入大气层，烧成灰烬。
5. The coded signal is received by satellite dish aerials.
   编码信号由碟形卫星天线接收。
6. The satellite acts as a drag on the shuttle
   卫星成了航天飞机的累赘。
7. The drag of those extra air molecules brought the satellite crashing to Earth.
   额外的空气分子阻力使得卫星坠毁到了地球上。
8. Astronauts will make a final attempt today to rescue a communications satellite from its useless orbit
   今天宇航员将会做最后一次尝试，力图把一颗通信卫星从无效的轨道上抢救下来。
9. The satellite fixes positions by making repeated observations of each star.
   卫星通过对每颗恒星反复观察进行定位。
10. The satellite had been inactive since its launch two years ago.
    该卫星自从两年前发射以来一直没起作用。
11. NASA plans to launch a satellite to study cosmic rays
    美国国家航空航天局计划发射一颗卫星上天，对宇宙射线进行研究。
12. Every sporting event on television and satellite over the next seven days is listed
    未来7天通过电视和卫星转播的每一项体育赛事都列在节目预告单上。
13. The satellite will study energy radiation from stars.
    这颗人造卫星将用来研究恒星的能量辐射。
14. The satellite remains in one spot relative to the earth's surface.
    相对地球表面而言，这颗卫星位置固定。
15. The satellite will be used mainly to relay television programmes
    这颗人造卫星主要用途是转播电视节目。
16. The satellite revolves around the Earth once every hundred minutes.
    这颗人造卫星每100分钟围绕地球旋转一周。
17. The signals are sent by satellite link
    信号通过人造卫星链路发出。
18. Worldwide coverage beamed by satellite generates huge audiences accompanied by global advertising revenues.
    通过卫星发射的信号覆盖全世界，从而产生了大量的观众并在全球范围内赚取不菲的广告费。
19. They have four satellite channels.
    他们有4个卫星频道。
20. Italy became a satellite state of Germany by the end of the 1930s.
    意大利在20世纪30年代末成了德国的附庸。
21. Satellite TV is here to stay
    卫星电视已被普遍接受。
22. East Coast Pay Television was Australia's first digital direct broadcast satellite subscription television service.
    东海岸付费电视台是澳大利亚第一家提供数字化卫星直播服务的收费电视频道。
23. The technology to allow relief workers to contact the outside world via satellite already exists
    能够让救援人员通过卫星与外界联系的技术已经存在。
24. The satellite enables us to calculate their precise location anywhere in the world.
    卫星使我们能够计算出他们在世界上任何地方的精确位置。
25. Something must have gone wrong with the satellite link.
    卫星连接一定出了毛病。
26. The satellite was launched in a rocket.
    这颗卫星是装在火箭上发射的。
27. The satellite disappeared in a wink.
    瞬息之间，那颗卫星就消失了。
28. What is meant by a man-made satellite?
    何谓人造卫星？
29. The satellite was launched into orbit around the moon.
    卫星被射入环绕月球的轨道。

noun

1. man-made equipment that orbits around the earth or the moon

   Synonym:    artificial satelliteorbiter

2. any celestial body orbiting around a planet or star

3. a person who follows or serves another

   Synonym:    planet

verb

1. broadcast or disseminate via satellite

adj

1. surrounding and dominated by a central authority or power
   1. a city and its satellite communities