Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense orbits, present participle orbiting, past tense, past participle orbited
1N-COUNT [oft in/intoN](天體等運行的)軌道 An orbit is the curved path in space that is followed by an object going round and round a planet, moon, or star. (天體等運行的)軌道
Mars and Earth have orbits which change with time.
火星與地球的運行軌道随着時間而變化。
The planet is probably in orbit around a small star.
這顆行星可能正環繞着一顆小恒星運行。
2VERB 環繞…的軌道運行 If something such as a satellite orbits a planet, moon, or sun, it moves around it in a continuous, curving path. 環繞…的軌道運行
In 1957 the Soviet Union launched the first satellite to orbit the earth. [VERB noun]
3N-SING [with supplement, oft with poss](影響所及的)範圍,領域,圈子 The orbit of a particular person, group, or institution is the area over which they have influence. (影響所及的)範圍,領域,圈子
In the late 1970s Laos fell within the orbit of Vietnam and the Soviet Union.