音标：[i'klips]
n. 日食, 月食, (地位名誉等的)消失
vt. 引起日食, 引起月食, 使黯然失色
在线英汉词典

eclipse的短语、例句：

eclipse n[C] 1 blocking of the light of the sun (when the moon is between it and the earth) or of the moon (when the earth´s shadow falls on it) 日蚀; 月蚀
a total/partial eclipse of the sun 日全[偏]蚀. 2 [C, U] (fig 比喻) loss of brilliance, fame, power, etc 光辉、 声誉、 权势等的丧失
After suffering an eclipse, she is now famous again. 她沉默一时期以後, 现在又名声大噪了.
The writer´s name remained in eclipse for many years after his death. 这位作者死後很多年, 名字一直湮没无闻. eclipse, v [Tn] 1 (of the moon, the sun, a planet, etc) cause an eclipse of (sth); cut off the light from （指月、 日、 行星等）形成（某种）蚀; 使...的光消失
The sun is partly eclipsed (by the moon). 太阳（被月球）遮住一部分（日偏蚀）. 2 (fig 比喻) make (sb/sth) appear dull by comparison; outshine 使（某人[某事物]）相形见绌; 使黯然失色
He is eclipsed by his wife, who is much cleverer and more amusing than he is. 他妻子比他聪明而有风趣, 显得他黯然失色.