sun 1 S2 W1 / sʌn / 名词

1 the sun/the Sun the large bright object in the sky that gives us light and heat, and around which the Earth moves → solar :

The sky was blue and the sun was shining.

2 [不可数名词] the heat and light that come from the sun → sunny :

Too much sun is bad for you.

in the sun

We sat in the sun, eating ice cream.

the warmth of the afternoon sun

3 [可数名词] any star around which planet s move

4 everything/anything etc under the sun used to emphasize that you are talking about a large range of things :

You can buy jeans in every colour under the sun.

5 catch the sun British English , get some sun American English if someone catches or gets the sun, they become slightly red or brown because they have been outside in the sun

→ make hay while the sun shines at hay ( 2 )

COLLOCATIONS

动词

the sun shines When I woke, the sun was shining.

the sun beats down/blazes down (= shines with a lot of light and heat ) The sun beats down on us as we work.

the sun comes out (= appears when cloud moves away ) The rain stopped and the sun came out.

the sun rises/comes up (= appears at the beginning of the day ) As the sun rises, the birds take flight.

the sun sets/goes down (= disappears at the end of the day ) It is a good place to sit and watch the sun go down.

the sun sinks (= gradually disappears at the end of the day ) The sun sank lower and the breeze grew cool.

ADJECTIVES/NOUN + sun

the hot/warm sun The hot sun beat down on the men working.

the blazing/burning sun Tourists trudge around in the blazing sun.

a bright sun It was a warm day with a bright sun overhead.

the morning/afternoon/evening sun We ate breakfast outside in the gentle morning sun.

the midday/noonday sun They all sought shade from the blazing midday sun.

the rising/setting sun (= the sun as it appears/disappears ) The fields were ablaze with light from the setting sun.

短语

the sun is high/low in the sky They walked until the sun was low in the sky.

名词

the sun’s rays This moisturiser will also protect skin from the sun’s rays.

THESAURUS

in the sky

star a large ball of burning gas in space, which can be seen at night as a point of light in the sky : The dark night sky was clear and full of stars.

planet one of the large objects that goes around the sun, for example the Earth, Saturn, Mercury, or Mars : The planet Uranus was discovered in 1781.

sun the star that gives us light and heat, around which the planets move. There are also many millions of other suns in the universe : The sun came out from behind a cloud. | a dying sun

moon the round object that moves around the Earth every 28 days, or a similar object that goes around another planet : The moon rose in the night sky. | Titan is one of the moons of Saturn.

asteroid a mass of rock that moves around the sun. Most asteroids are found between Jupiter and Mars : the asteroid belt

pulsar a type of star that is far away in space and produces radiation and radio waves

quasar an object like a star that is far away in space and shines extremely brightly

supernova a very large exploding star

constellation a group of stars that forms a particular pattern and has a name : The constellation of Orion is one of the most easily recognizable patterns of stars in the night sky.

galaxy one of the large groups of stars that make up the universe : Astronomers have detected a galaxy 11 billion light years away.

the universe all space, including all the stars and planets : How many planets in the universe have life?