orbit

1. N-COUNT An orbit is the curved path in space that is followed by an object going around and around a planet, moon, or star. (天躰運行的) 軌道[also 'in/into' N]

Mars and Earth have orbits which change with time. 火星和地球的軌道隨著時間而發生改變。

2. V-T If something such as a satellite orbits a planet, moon, or sun, it moves around it in a continuous, curving path. 環繞…的軌道運行

In 1957 the Soviet Union launched the first satellite to orbit the earth. 1957年，囌聯發射了第一顆環繞地球運行的人造衛星。