引言：
看了NASA直播的北美日全食，有点震撼，回想起2009年也亲身经历过一次~
eclipse /ɪˈklɪps/
noun
1
[C] 日食；月食
an occasion when the moon passes between the earth and the sun so that you cannot see all or part of the sun for a time; an occasion when the earth passes between the moon and the sun so that you cannot see all or part of the moon for a time
an eclipse of the sun/moon
日食；月食
a total/partial eclipse
全食；偏食
2
[sing., U] （重要性、权势等的）丧失，黯然失色，暗淡
a loss of importance, power, etc. especially because sb/sth else has become more important, powerful, etc.
The election result marked the eclipse of the right wing.
选举结果标志着右翼的失势。
Her work was in eclipse for most of the 20th century.
她的作品在20世纪大部分时间里都湮没无闻。
verb
[VN]
1
[often passive] (of the moon, the earth, etc. 月球、地球等) 遮住…的光
to cause an eclipse
2
使失色；使相形见绌；使丧失重要性
to make sb/sth seem dull or unimportant by comparison
同义词： outshine, overshadow
Though a talented player, he was completely eclipsed by his brother.
他虽是一个天才的运动员，但与他的兄弟相比就黯然失色了。
你们看过日全食吗？
