white dwarf
US /waɪt dwɔːrf/
UK /waɪt dwɔːf/
名詞
白矮星
a small, very dense star that is typically the size of a planet, formed when a low-mass star has exhausted its central nuclear fuel and lost its outer layers
範例:
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The Sun will eventually become a white dwarf after it sheds its outer layers.
太陽在脫落外層後最終將變成一顆白矮星。
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Sirius B was the first white dwarf to be discovered by astronomers.
天狼星B是天文學家發現的第一顆白矮星。