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satellite

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Related topics: Broadcasting, Astronomy
ldoce_290_bsat·el·lite /ˈsætəlaɪt/ ●●○ W3 noun [countableC]
1  satellite.jpg TCBa machine that has been sent into space and goes around the Earth, Moon etc, used for radio, television, and other electronic communication 人造衛星
the launch of a communications and weather satellite
氣象通信衛星的發射
via/by satellite (=using a satellite) 通過人造衛星
This broadcast comes live via satellite from New York.
本節目通過衛星從紐約現場直播。
→5  See picture of satellite 人造衛星, satellite dish 碟形衛星天線 →4  See picture of 見圖 satellite
2  HAa natural object that moves around a planet 衛星
The Moon is a satellite of the Earth.
月球是地球的衛星。
3  a country, area, or organization that is controlled by or is dependent on another larger one 衛星國；附屬機構[地區]
5a satellite country
衛星國
nthe former Soviet satellite country of Lithuania
4  a town that has developed next to a large city 衛星城
We stayed in Aurora, a satellite suburb of Chicago.
我們停留在奧羅拉，芝加哥的一個衛星郊區。
→ sat-nav, satphone
Examples from the Corpus
satellite• Susan Bruce plans to open a satellite store in St. Paul.• In December the United Nations urged governments to get on with setting up a satellite system.• There were no reports of communications satellite failures.• The other outstanding success of the voyage so far was the performance of our little satellite radio.• One month later a second satellite was launched into a somewhat higher orbit, of between 234 and 244 miles.• Soviet satellite countries
via/by satellite• Broadcast data via satellites also have a wide band width enabling good data transmission.• There were only a few occasions when I remembered the news room falling silent as news came in via satellite.• There will be a central convention site that will be linked by satellite with other sites around the country.• The proposal was that school classes would send in questions to the museum, which would relay them to me by satellite.• The broadcasts were relayed by satellite by the Avrasya television company.• Orders with facsimile illustrations are then sent by satellite to suppliers around the world.• They could do that by satellite.• One figure-eight contrail created as part of a NASAfunded study was tracked by satellite for 10 hours last spring.
From Longman Business Dictionary
satellitesat·el·lite /ˈsætəlaɪt/ noun
1[countableC, uncountableU] a machine that has been sent into space and goes around the Earth, used for radio, television, and other electronic communication
a satellite communications company
They provide news and live sporting events by satellite.
Shares in satellite TV companies fell yesterday to an all-time low.
2[countableC] a country or organization that is controlled by or is dependent on another larger one
the dissolution of the former Soviet Empire and the liberation of its satellites in Eastern Europe
Origin satellite
(1500-1600) French Latin satelles “personal servant or guard”

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