satellite
['sætlait]
n. 造星

[医] 伴静脉, 陪静脉, 陪病, 随体, 星



satellite
[ noun ]

1. man-made equipment that orbits around the earth or the moon

<noun.artifact>

2. a person who follows or serves another

<noun.person>

3. any celestial body orbiting around a planet or star

<noun.object>

[ verb ]

1. broadcast or disseminate via satellite

<verb.communication>

[ adj ]

1. surrounding and dominated by a central authority or power

<adj.all>
a city and its satellite communities

Satellite \Sat"el*lite\, n. [F., fr. L. satelles, -itis, an
attendant.]
1. An attendant attached to a prince or other powerful
person; hence, an obsequious dependent. ``The satellites
of power.'' --I. Disraeli.

2. (Astron.) A secondary planet which revolves about another
planet; as, the moon is a satellite of the earth. See
{Solar system}, under {Solar}.

{Satellite moth} (Zo["o]l.), a handsome European noctuid moth
({Scopelosoma satellitia}).


Satellite \Sat"el*lite\, a. (Anat.)
Situated near; accompanying; as, the satellite veins, those
which accompany the arteries.