orb /ˈɔrb/
球,天體,圓形物(vt.)弄圓,成球形,圍著
Orb n. Arch. A blank window or panel. [Obs.]
Orb, n.
1. A spherical body; a globe; especially, one of the celestial spheres; a sun, planet, or star.
In the small orb of one particular tear. --Shak.
Whether the prime orb,
Incredible how swift, had thither rolled. --Milton.
2. One of the azure transparent spheres conceived by the ancients to be inclosed one within another, and to carry the heavenly bodies in their revolutions.
3. A circle; esp., a circle, or nearly circular orbit, described by the revolution of a heavenly body; an orbit.
The schoolmen were like astronomers, which did feign eccentrics, and epicycles, and such engines of orbs. --Bacon.
You seem to me as Dian in her orb. --Shak.
In orbs
Of circuit inexpressible they stood,
Orb within orb. --Milton.
4. A period of time marked off by the revolution of a heavenly body. [R.]
5. The eye, as luminous and spherical. [Poetic]
A drop serene hath quenched their orbs. --Milton.
6. A revolving circular body; a wheel. [Poetic]
The orbs
Of his fierce chariot rolled. --Milton.
7. A sphere of action or influence.
But in our orbs we'll live so round and safe. --Shak
8. Same as Mound, a ball or globe. See 1st Mound.
9. Mil. A body of soldiers drawn up in a circle, as for defense, esp. infantry to repel cavalry.
Syn: -- Globe; ball; sphere. See Globe.
Orb v. t. [imp. & p. p. Orbed p. pr. & vb. n. Orbing.]
1. To form into an orb or circle. [Poetic]
2. To encircle; to surround; to inclose. [Poetic]
The wheels were orbed with gold. --Addison.
Orb, v. i. To become round like an orb. [Poetic]
And orb into the perfect star. --Tennyson.
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orb
n 1: the ball-shaped capsule containing the vertebrate eye [syn:
eyeball]
2: an object with a spherical shape; "a ball of fire" [syn: ball,
globe]