/əbˈskjʊrd/· verb
科学/科研/医疗B2

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Chinese meaning
掩盖;使模糊不清
遮盖;使难以看清
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陨石撞击掩盖了水星收缩的证据
Example
Impacts by space objects have obscured some of the evidence of the planet’s contraction over the past 4.5 billion years.
太空天体的撞击掩盖了过去45亿年间这颗行星收缩的部分证据。
Source: Nature
Background ✎
水星比科学家此前认为的收缩得更快,而且年纪越大收缩越明显。不过太空天体的撞击掩盖了不少能证明这一收缩过程的证据,给研究增加了难度。
Roots · etymology
源自拉丁 obscurus(暗、遮蔽)
- ob-(遮盖,全然)+ -scur-(暗、遮蔽,源自拉丁 obscurus)
Collocations
- obscure the truth/obscure evidence/be obscured by
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