Apophis
专有名词
英 /ˈæpəfɪs/|/əˈpɒfɪs/
美 /ˈæpəfəs/|/əˈpɑfəs/
英文释义
专有名词
- An evil snake-god who tries to devour the sun every night.
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An asteroid that formerly had a high risk of collision with Earth.
— The spacecraft’s navigators have worked out a trajectory that would take it to the asteroid Apophis in April 2029, just after that object, a bit smaller than Bennu, zips within an uncomfortably close but still safe 20,000 miles from Earth.
词形变化
词源
From Ancient Greek Ἄποφις (Ápophis), a borrowing from Egyptian ꜥꜣpp altered after ὄφις (óphis, “snake”).
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