ecliptic

名词 ecliptic:

1. the great circle representing the apparent annual path of the sun; the plane of the Earth's orbit around the sun; makes an angle of about 23 degrees with the equator

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n.（名词）
The intersection plane of the earth`s orbit with the celestial sphere, along which the sun appears to move as viewed from the earth.
黄道：地球运行轨道与天球的交界面，在地球上看，太阳似乎沿着黄道运行
A great circle inscribed on a terrestrial globe inclined at an approximate angle of 23=27&S{￠} to the equator and representing the apparent motion of the sun in relation to the earth during a year.
黄道线：地球仪上刻着的大圈，与赤道平面大致成23=27&S{￠}的角，代表一年中太阳相对于地球的表象运动

来源：
Middle English ecliptik
中古英语 ecliptik
from Medieval Latin (lonea) ecloptica [ecliptic (line)]
源自 中世纪拉丁语 (lonea) ecloptica [黄道线]
from Latin eclopticus [of an eclipse]
源自 拉丁语 eclopticus [食的]
from Greek ekleiptikos
源自 希腊语 ekleiptikos
from ekleipein [to fail to appear] * see eclipse
源自 ekleipein [不能出现] *参见 eclipse