/ɪˈklɪps ||; ɪˈklɪps/noun [C] an occasion when the moon or the sun seems to completely or partly disappear, because one of them is passing between the other and the earth 食；日食；月食: a total/partial eclipse of the sun日全食；日偏食☞picture at shadow 见shadow插图
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/ɪˈklɪps ||; ɪˈklɪps/verb [T] (used about the moon, etc) to cause an eclipse of the sun, etc （指月球等）遮蔽太阳等的光