equator
noun /ɪˈkweɪtə(r)/
/ɪˈkweɪtər/
(usually the equator)
[singular]- an imaginary line around the earth at an equal distance from the North and South Poles
赤道 - The island is twenty degrees south of the equator.
该岛位于赤道以南二十度。
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Topics Geographyb2- The island is just 80 miles north of the equator.
那个岛在赤道以北仅 80 英里处。 - The lake lies exactly on the equator.
这湖正好位于赤道上。 - The sun heats the sea more at the equator than at the poles.
太阳使赤道附近的海水温度高于极地附近的水温。 - in an area near the equator
赤道附近的一个地区
Collocations Dictionaryverb + equator- cross
- straddle
- around the equator
- at the equator
- close to the equator
- …
- north of the equator
- south of the equator
词源late Middle English: from medieval Latin aequator, in the phrase circulus aequator diei et noctis ‘circle equalizing day and night’, from Latin aequare ‘make equal’, from aequus ‘even, level, equal’. - The island is twenty degrees south of the equator.