eclipse: [13] From the point of view of the observer, an object which has been eclipsed has ‘gone away’ – is no longer there. And that in fact is the etymological foundation of the word. It comes, via Old French and Latin, from Greek ékleipsis, a derivative of ekleípein ‘no longer appear or be present’. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix ek- ‘out, away’ and leípein ‘leave’ (a distant relative of English leave).
Its adjectival derivative, ekleiptikós, passed into English as ecliptic [14], which was applied to the apparent path of the Sun relative to the stars because that is the line along which eclipses caused by the moon occur. => leave
eclipse (n.)
c. 1300, from Old French eclipse "eclipse, darkness" (12c.), from Latin eclipsis, from Greek ekleipsis "an eclipse; an abandonment," literally "a failing, forsaking," from ekleipein "to forsake a usual place, fail to appear, be eclipsed," from ek "out" (see ex-) + leipein "to leave" (cognate with Latin linquere; see relinquish).
eclipse (v.)
late 13c., "to cause an eclipse of," from Old French eclipser, from eclipse (see eclipse (n.)).Figurative use from 1570s. Also in Middle English in an intransitive sense "to suffer an eclipse," now obsolete. Related: Eclipsed; eclipsing.
双语例句
1. Of course, nothing is going to eclipse winning the Olympic title.
当然，没有什么能比得过赢得奥运会冠军。
来自柯林斯例句
2. During the seventies, her acting career was in eclipse.
在七十年代, 她的表演生涯黯然失色.
来自《简明英汉词典》
3. The time when a solar eclipse will occur can be calculated.
日食发生的时间可以推算出来.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
4. There will be an eclipse of the moon next month.
