Sanakirja
Tekoälykääntäjä
Synonyymit
Määritelmät
Substantiivit
- (astronomy) An alignment of astronomical objects in which a planetary object (for example, the Moon) comes between the Sun and another planetary object (for example, the Earth), resulting in a shadow being cast by the middle planetary object onto the other planetary object.
- A seasonal state of plumage in some birds, notably ducks, adopted temporarily after the breeding season and characterised by a dull and scruffy appearance.
- Obscurity, decline, downfall
Verbit
- (transitive) Of astronomical bodies, to cause an eclipse.
- (transitive) To overshadow; to be better or more noticeable than.
- (Irish grammar) To undergo eclipsis.
Esimerkit
- All the posterity of our first parents suffered a perpetual eclipse of spiritual life.
- As in the soft and sweet eclipse, / When soul meets soul on lovers' lips.
- Nor were the wool prospects much better. The pastoral industry, which had weathered the severe depression of the early forties by recourse to boiling down the sheep for their tallow, and was now firmly re-established as the staple industry of the colony, was threatened once more with eclipse.
- My joy of liberty is half eclipsed.
Taivutusmuodot
| Partisiipin perfekti | eclipsed | Imperfekti | eclipsed |
| Partisiipin preesens | eclipsing | Monikko | eclipses |
| Yksikön kolmannen persoonan indikatiivin preesens | eclipses | Yksikön kolmannen persoonan indikatiivin preesens | eclipseth (vanhahtava) |