Definition of meteoric in English:

meteoric

adjective ˌmiːtɪˈɒrɪkˌmidiˈɔrɪk

1Relating to meteors or meteorites.
（与）流星（体）（有关）的；陨石的
meteoric iron
陨铁。
Example sentencesExamples
- The reasons for the formation of these types of clouds is still something of a mystery, but has been suggested that the nuclei that helps them to form is actually meteoric dust.
- Heavy metal is siderion, something made of meteoric iron.
- In general, the Earth encounters richer meteoric activity during the second half of the year.
- At this early point in the history of the Solar System, meteoric bombardment was intense, and it would have continually opened new holes in the crust, immediately filled by magma.
- The explosion of a small artificial moon in low orbit sends a meteoric rain onto the Ewok sanctuary, on a scale unmatched since Endor formed.
1. 1.1 (of the development of something) very rapid.
  〈喻〉（尤指事业发展）迅疾的，流星似的
  her meteoric rise to the top of her profession
  她很快登上了事业的顶峰。
  Example sentencesExamples
  This dramatised resumé of Wilde's life and loves, his meteoric rise and catastrophic fall, is cleverly conceived and, in the main, well executed.
  The optical component market has few scale efficiencies and this could limit the growth and profitability of the sector particularly as the industry is growing at meteoric rates to satisfy demand due to increased network traffic.
  In this competition she won the highly coveted Rosenblatt Recital prize and since then her career has enjoyed what can only be described as a meteoric rise.
  Until Napoleon's luck changed and his health declined, his meteoric rush to empire building can be charted in the chairs that could be found in his various residences and portraits.
  His meteoric rise did encounter a few setbacks and some bad investment decisions, but he has managed to bounce back with his latest creation in the soft toy line: a stuffed deer.
  The show was a meteoric success, becoming the most popular show on the network, and before long was made into a moderately successful film and helped set up two spin off shows.
  Provincial sources said yesterday that Northern Province had achieved another meteoric improvement in results, from 51,4 percent last year to close to 60 percent this year.
  This quarter's results were the first set which showed some material revenue booking from wireless markets and this market is expected to continue growing at meteoric rates.
  It began, inauspiciously, as a summer league team, but its dizzying ascent to prominence since then has been nothing short of meteoric.
  But with their meteoric rise to fame, we'd better get used to being this week's Williamsburg, despite the rumour that they've already moved to New York.
  Before the meteoric spread of Islam outwards from the Arabian peninsula towards the end of the seventh century many of the tribes of North Africa had been converted to Judaism or Christianity.
  The rise of an automobile culture in the West, and its meteoric boom after World War II, eventually led to self-guided driving tours along nineteen miles of road in 1966.
  In the 1980s, a series of Rottweiler attacks squelched that breed's popularity, after what had been a meteoric rise.
  Doyle, 49, had a meteoric rise in the film industry.
  Many bodybuilders today have short meteoric careers.
  In mitigation his lawyer told of the 35-year-old's meteoric rise from a supermarket worker to a multi-millionaire restaurant owner.
  America's working neophytes' unrestrained optimism stems from having come of age in a flush economy and a tight labor market, with lots of highly visible examples of meteoric corporate career arcs.
  What isn't so typical, though, is the meteoric rise and subsequent slow decline of a man much imitated, never duplicated and unrivaled at his instrument.
  It's been somewhat of a meteoric rise for the Irish band, who are now based in Los Angeles with their studio just a 20-minute walk from Hollywood Boulevard.
  His meteoric rise through the ranks was capped with the U.S. Senate's unanimous confirmation of his nomination as Secretary of State.
  Synonyms
  rapid, lightning, swift, fast, quick, speedy, breakneck, fast-track, accelerated, overnight, instant, whirlwind, mushrooming, sudden, spectacular
  momentary, fleeting, transient, ephemeral, evanescent, brief, short-lived
2Geology
Relating to or denoting water derived from the atmosphere by precipitation or condensation.
〔主地质〕（与）大气降水（有关）的
leaching is thought to have been caused by meteoric water during uplift and exposure
Example sentencesExamples
- These bones may have been reworked from previous depositional settings in contact with meteoric ground waters.
- These low 880 values represent precipitation from meteoric waters depleted in 180, or elevated temperatures during formation in burial settings.
- It is thus apparent that the upper oolitic shoals were temporarily subaerially exposed, receiving meteoric water and probably allowing the formation of a lens of fresh water in the subsurface.
- The burial history of the sediments can be ascertained by the study of their varying thickness; and the petrography of the sediments reveals their diagenetic history and the movement of meteoric and pore waters through the basin.
- Once magmas erupt or cool beneath the surface, they are subjected to weathering and interaction with descending meteoric waters.

Derivatives

meteorically

adverb

Worst affected was the wealth of those who saw their stock rise meteorically during the 1990s dot-com bubble.
Example sentencesExamples
- Such charismatic personalities can rise to power meteorically, ushered in by a severe crisis.
- Expanding its mission nationwide, the club grew meteorically after World War II.
- A relation of my own who rose meteorically to the rank of matron had dispensed with all formal schooling when she was 14, but that was back in the early years of the state when by all accounts strange things happened.
- For one thing, the apparently rapid growth in high-tech sales was exaggerated by the fact that Indonesia's other export earners were shrinking even more meteorically.

Rhymes

aleatoric, allegoric, anaphoric, camphoric, categoric, choric, Doric, euphoric, historic, metaphoric, phantasmagoric, phosphoric, pyrophoric, semaphoric, sophomoric, theophoric, Warwick, Yorick

Definition of meteoric in US English:

meteoric

adjectiveˌmidiˈɔrɪkˌmēdēˈôrik

1Relating to meteors or meteorites.
（与）流星（体）（有关）的；陨石的
meteoric iron
陨铁。
Example sentencesExamples
- Heavy metal is siderion, something made of meteoric iron.
- At this early point in the history of the Solar System, meteoric bombardment was intense, and it would have continually opened new holes in the crust, immediately filled by magma.
- In general, the Earth encounters richer meteoric activity during the second half of the year.
- The reasons for the formation of these types of clouds is still something of a mystery, but has been suggested that the nuclei that helps them to form is actually meteoric dust.
- The explosion of a small artificial moon in low orbit sends a meteoric rain onto the Ewok sanctuary, on a scale unmatched since Endor formed.
1. 1.1 (of the development of something, especially a person's career) very rapid.
  〈喻〉（尤指事业发展）迅疾的，流星似的
  her meteoric rise to the top of her profession
  她很快登上了事业的顶峰。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Doyle, 49, had a meteoric rise in the film industry.
  The optical component market has few scale efficiencies and this could limit the growth and profitability of the sector particularly as the industry is growing at meteoric rates to satisfy demand due to increased network traffic.
  The rise of an automobile culture in the West, and its meteoric boom after World War II, eventually led to self-guided driving tours along nineteen miles of road in 1966.
  What isn't so typical, though, is the meteoric rise and subsequent slow decline of a man much imitated, never duplicated and unrivaled at his instrument.
  Before the meteoric spread of Islam outwards from the Arabian peninsula towards the end of the seventh century many of the tribes of North Africa had been converted to Judaism or Christianity.
  His meteoric rise did encounter a few setbacks and some bad investment decisions, but he has managed to bounce back with his latest creation in the soft toy line: a stuffed deer.
  America's working neophytes' unrestrained optimism stems from having come of age in a flush economy and a tight labor market, with lots of highly visible examples of meteoric corporate career arcs.
  Many bodybuilders today have short meteoric careers.
  In the 1980s, a series of Rottweiler attacks squelched that breed's popularity, after what had been a meteoric rise.
  His meteoric rise through the ranks was capped with the U.S. Senate's unanimous confirmation of his nomination as Secretary of State.
  In this competition she won the highly coveted Rosenblatt Recital prize and since then her career has enjoyed what can only be described as a meteoric rise.
  This dramatised resumé of Wilde's life and loves, his meteoric rise and catastrophic fall, is cleverly conceived and, in the main, well executed.
  In mitigation his lawyer told of the 35-year-old's meteoric rise from a supermarket worker to a multi-millionaire restaurant owner.
  It began, inauspiciously, as a summer league team, but its dizzying ascent to prominence since then has been nothing short of meteoric.
  Until Napoleon's luck changed and his health declined, his meteoric rush to empire building can be charted in the chairs that could be found in his various residences and portraits.
  But with their meteoric rise to fame, we'd better get used to being this week's Williamsburg, despite the rumour that they've already moved to New York.
  This quarter's results were the first set which showed some material revenue booking from wireless markets and this market is expected to continue growing at meteoric rates.
  It's been somewhat of a meteoric rise for the Irish band, who are now based in Los Angeles with their studio just a 20-minute walk from Hollywood Boulevard.
  Provincial sources said yesterday that Northern Province had achieved another meteoric improvement in results, from 51,4 percent last year to close to 60 percent this year.
  The show was a meteoric success, becoming the most popular show on the network, and before long was made into a moderately successful film and helped set up two spin off shows.
  Synonyms
  rapid, lightning, swift, fast, quick, speedy, breakneck, fast-track, accelerated, overnight, instant, whirlwind, mushrooming, sudden, spectacular
2Geology
Relating to or denoting water derived from the atmosphere by precipitation or condensation.
〔主地质〕（与）大气降水（有关）的
Example sentencesExamples
- These low 880 values represent precipitation from meteoric waters depleted in 180, or elevated temperatures during formation in burial settings.
- These bones may have been reworked from previous depositional settings in contact with meteoric ground waters.
- Once magmas erupt or cool beneath the surface, they are subjected to weathering and interaction with descending meteoric waters.
- It is thus apparent that the upper oolitic shoals were temporarily subaerially exposed, receiving meteoric water and probably allowing the formation of a lens of fresh water in the subsurface.
- The burial history of the sediments can be ascertained by the study of their varying thickness; and the petrography of the sediments reveals their diagenetic history and the movement of meteoric and pore waters through the basin.

词汇	meteoric
释义	Definition of meteoric in English: meteoric adjective ˌmiːtɪˈɒrɪkˌmidiˈɔrɪk 1Relating to meteors or meteorites. （与）流星（体）（有关）的；陨石的 meteoric iron 陨铁。 Example sentencesExamples The reasons for the formation of these types of clouds is still something of a mystery, but has been suggested that the nuclei that helps them to form is actually meteoric dust. Heavy metal is siderion, something made of meteoric iron. In general, the Earth encounters richer meteoric activity during the second half of the year. At this early point in the history of the Solar System, meteoric bombardment was intense, and it would have continually opened new holes in the crust, immediately filled by magma. The explosion of a small artificial moon in low orbit sends a meteoric rain onto the Ewok sanctuary, on a scale unmatched since Endor formed. 1.1 (of the development of something) very rapid. 〈喻〉（尤指事业发展）迅疾的，流星似的 her meteoric rise to the top of her profession 她很快登上了事业的顶峰。 Example sentencesExamples This dramatised resumé of Wilde's life and loves, his meteoric rise and catastrophic fall, is cleverly conceived and, in the main, well executed. The optical component market has few scale efficiencies and this could limit the growth and profitability of the sector particularly as the industry is growing at meteoric rates to satisfy demand due to increased network traffic. In this competition she won the highly coveted Rosenblatt Recital prize and since then her career has enjoyed what can only be described as a meteoric rise. Until Napoleon's luck changed and his health declined, his meteoric rush to empire building can be charted in the chairs that could be found in his various residences and portraits. His meteoric rise did encounter a few setbacks and some bad investment decisions, but he has managed to bounce back with his latest creation in the soft toy line: a stuffed deer. The show was a meteoric success, becoming the most popular show on the network, and before long was made into a moderately successful film and helped set up two spin off shows. Provincial sources said yesterday that Northern Province had achieved another meteoric improvement in results, from 51,4 percent last year to close to 60 percent this year. This quarter's results were the first set which showed some material revenue booking from wireless markets and this market is expected to continue growing at meteoric rates. It began, inauspiciously, as a summer league team, but its dizzying ascent to prominence since then has been nothing short of meteoric. But with their meteoric rise to fame, we'd better get used to being this week's Williamsburg, despite the rumour that they've already moved to New York. Before the meteoric spread of Islam outwards from the Arabian peninsula towards the end of the seventh century many of the tribes of North Africa had been converted to Judaism or Christianity. The rise of an automobile culture in the West, and its meteoric boom after World War II, eventually led to self-guided driving tours along nineteen miles of road in 1966. In the 1980s, a series of Rottweiler attacks squelched that breed's popularity, after what had been a meteoric rise. Doyle, 49, had a meteoric rise in the film industry. Many bodybuilders today have short meteoric careers. In mitigation his lawyer told of the 35-year-old's meteoric rise from a supermarket worker to a multi-millionaire restaurant owner. America's working neophytes' unrestrained optimism stems from having come of age in a flush economy and a tight labor market, with lots of highly visible examples of meteoric corporate career arcs. What isn't so typical, though, is the meteoric rise and subsequent slow decline of a man much imitated, never duplicated and unrivaled at his instrument. It's been somewhat of a meteoric rise for the Irish band, who are now based in Los Angeles with their studio just a 20-minute walk from Hollywood Boulevard. His meteoric rise through the ranks was capped with the U.S. Senate's unanimous confirmation of his nomination as Secretary of State. Synonyms rapid, lightning, swift, fast, quick, speedy, breakneck, fast-track, accelerated, overnight, instant, whirlwind, mushrooming, sudden, spectacular momentary, fleeting, transient, ephemeral, evanescent, brief, short-lived 2Geology Relating to or denoting water derived from the atmosphere by precipitation or condensation. 〔主地质〕（与）大气降水（有关）的 leaching is thought to have been caused by meteoric water during uplift and exposure Example sentencesExamples These bones may have been reworked from previous depositional settings in contact with meteoric ground waters. These low 880 values represent precipitation from meteoric waters depleted in 180, or elevated temperatures during formation in burial settings. It is thus apparent that the upper oolitic shoals were temporarily subaerially exposed, receiving meteoric water and probably allowing the formation of a lens of fresh water in the subsurface. The burial history of the sediments can be ascertained by the study of their varying thickness; and the petrography of the sediments reveals their diagenetic history and the movement of meteoric and pore waters through the basin. Once magmas erupt or cool beneath the surface, they are subjected to weathering and interaction with descending meteoric waters. Derivatives meteorically adverb Worst affected was the wealth of those who saw their stock rise meteorically during the 1990s dot-com bubble. Example sentencesExamples Such charismatic personalities can rise to power meteorically, ushered in by a severe crisis. Expanding its mission nationwide, the club grew meteorically after World War II. A relation of my own who rose meteorically to the rank of matron had dispensed with all formal schooling when she was 14, but that was back in the early years of the state when by all accounts strange things happened. For one thing, the apparently rapid growth in high-tech sales was exaggerated by the fact that Indonesia's other export earners were shrinking even more meteorically. Rhymes aleatoric, allegoric, anaphoric, camphoric, categoric, choric, Doric, euphoric, historic, metaphoric, phantasmagoric, phosphoric, pyrophoric, semaphoric, sophomoric, theophoric, Warwick, Yorick Definition of meteoric in US English: meteoric adjectiveˌmidiˈɔrɪkˌmēdēˈôrik 1Relating to meteors or meteorites. （与）流星（体）（有关）的；陨石的 meteoric iron 陨铁。 Example sentencesExamples Heavy metal is siderion, something made of meteoric iron. At this early point in the history of the Solar System, meteoric bombardment was intense, and it would have continually opened new holes in the crust, immediately filled by magma. In general, the Earth encounters richer meteoric activity during the second half of the year. The reasons for the formation of these types of clouds is still something of a mystery, but has been suggested that the nuclei that helps them to form is actually meteoric dust. The explosion of a small artificial moon in low orbit sends a meteoric rain onto the Ewok sanctuary, on a scale unmatched since Endor formed. 1.1 (of the development of something, especially a person's career) very rapid. 〈喻〉（尤指事业发展）迅疾的，流星似的 her meteoric rise to the top of her profession 她很快登上了事业的顶峰。 Example sentencesExamples Doyle, 49, had a meteoric rise in the film industry. The optical component market has few scale efficiencies and this could limit the growth and profitability of the sector particularly as the industry is growing at meteoric rates to satisfy demand due to increased network traffic. The rise of an automobile culture in the West, and its meteoric boom after World War II, eventually led to self-guided driving tours along nineteen miles of road in 1966. What isn't so typical, though, is the meteoric rise and subsequent slow decline of a man much imitated, never duplicated and unrivaled at his instrument. Before the meteoric spread of Islam outwards from the Arabian peninsula towards the end of the seventh century many of the tribes of North Africa had been converted to Judaism or Christianity. His meteoric rise did encounter a few setbacks and some bad investment decisions, but he has managed to bounce back with his latest creation in the soft toy line: a stuffed deer. America's working neophytes' unrestrained optimism stems from having come of age in a flush economy and a tight labor market, with lots of highly visible examples of meteoric corporate career arcs. Many bodybuilders today have short meteoric careers. In the 1980s, a series of Rottweiler attacks squelched that breed's popularity, after what had been a meteoric rise. His meteoric rise through the ranks was capped with the U.S. Senate's unanimous confirmation of his nomination as Secretary of State. In this competition she won the highly coveted Rosenblatt Recital prize and since then her career has enjoyed what can only be described as a meteoric rise. This dramatised resumé of Wilde's life and loves, his meteoric rise and catastrophic fall, is cleverly conceived and, in the main, well executed. In mitigation his lawyer told of the 35-year-old's meteoric rise from a supermarket worker to a multi-millionaire restaurant owner. It began, inauspiciously, as a summer league team, but its dizzying ascent to prominence since then has been nothing short of meteoric. Until Napoleon's luck changed and his health declined, his meteoric rush to empire building can be charted in the chairs that could be found in his various residences and portraits. But with their meteoric rise to fame, we'd better get used to being this week's Williamsburg, despite the rumour that they've already moved to New York. This quarter's results were the first set which showed some material revenue booking from wireless markets and this market is expected to continue growing at meteoric rates. It's been somewhat of a meteoric rise for the Irish band, who are now based in Los Angeles with their studio just a 20-minute walk from Hollywood Boulevard. Provincial sources said yesterday that Northern Province had achieved another meteoric improvement in results, from 51,4 percent last year to close to 60 percent this year. The show was a meteoric success, becoming the most popular show on the network, and before long was made into a moderately successful film and helped set up two spin off shows. Synonyms rapid, lightning, swift, fast, quick, speedy, breakneck, fast-track, accelerated, overnight, instant, whirlwind, mushrooming, sudden, spectacular 2Geology Relating to or denoting water derived from the atmosphere by precipitation or condensation. 〔主地质〕（与）大气降水（有关）的 Example sentencesExamples These low 880 values represent precipitation from meteoric waters depleted in 180, or elevated temperatures during formation in burial settings. These bones may have been reworked from previous depositional settings in contact with meteoric ground waters. Once magmas erupt or cool beneath the surface, they are subjected to weathering and interaction with descending meteoric waters. It is thus apparent that the upper oolitic shoals were temporarily subaerially exposed, receiving meteoric water and probably allowing the formation of a lens of fresh water in the subsurface. The burial history of the sediments can be ascertained by the study of their varying thickness; and the petrography of the sediments reveals their diagenetic history and the movement of meteoric and pore waters through the basin.
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