银河系：galaxy综述范例

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away…

——Star Wars

很久以前，在一个遥远的银河系……

——《星球大战》

一、关于galaxy，你应该知道的用法有 

n.

1.星系 [C] any of the large systems of stars, etc. in outer space

Each galaxy contains myriads of stars.

每一星系都有无数的恒星。

2.银河系；银河 the Galaxy (also the 7Milky 'Way) [sing.] the system of stars that contains our sun and its planets, seen as a bright band in the night sky

The sun is only a very small star in the Galaxy.

太阳只是银河系中一颗很小的恒星。

3.一群显赫的人 [C] a group of famous people, or people with a particular skill

The company has a galaxy of talent.

该公司拥有一批优秀的人才。

二、下面我们来学习一下含有galaxy的常见短语

spiral galaxy

n.(=spiral nebula)螺旋星云,旋涡星云

milky way galaxy

n.[天]银河系

三、学会galaxy的用法了吗？来做个填词游戏吧

Anyone interesting on that side of the ____?

还有谁对这片星系有兴趣的？