epicycle怎么读/epicycle的发音
epicycle的音标：英['epɪsaɪkl] 美['epəˌsaɪkəl]
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epicycle是什么意思
n. 【天】本轮;【数】周转圆; 网络释义: 亚旋回;间升期;小循环;
n. a circle that rolls around (inside or outside) another circle; generates an epicycloid or hypocycloid
epicycle的用法和双语例句
1. In the Ptolemaic system, the epicycle was a smaller circle whose center moved along the larger deferent.
在托勒密体系中，本轮是一个较小的圆，其圆心沿着更大的均轮运动。
2. The retrograde motion of Mars was explained by its movement on its own epicycle.
火星的逆行运动可以通过其在本轮上的运动来解释。
3. Astronomers added a complex system of epicycles to make their geocentric model match observations.
天文学家们增加了一套复杂的本轮系统，以使其地心模型与观测结果相符。
4. The planet was thought to travel along the circumference of its epicycle while the epicycle itself orbited the Earth.
人们认为行星沿着其本轮的圆周运行，而本轮本身则围绕地球公转。
5. The Copernican model eventually eliminated the need for epicycles to explain planetary motion.
哥白尼模型最终消除了用本轮来解释行星运动的必要性。
6. Each planet in the ancient model was assigned its own unique epicycle and deferent.
在古代模型中，每颗行星都被分配了其独特的本轮和均轮。
7. The concept of the epicycle was a clever mathematical device to preserve the idea of a stationary Earth.
本轮的概念是一个巧妙的数学工具，用以维护地球静止不动的观念。
8. The increasing number of required epicycles made the Ptolemaic system increasingly cumbersome.
所需本轮数量的不断增加，使得托勒密体系变得越来越繁琐。
9. The path traced by a planet is a combination of the motion of the epicycle and the deferent.
一颗行星的轨迹是其本轮和均轮运动的合成。
10. Even with its epicycles, the ancient model could not perfectly predict the positions of the planets.
即使有其本轮，古代模型也无法完美地预测行星的位置。