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English

  1. aurora (meteorology)
  2. aurora; polar light

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 喺高緯度地區上空產生嘅五顏六色嘅光,佢哋嘅來源係嚟自太陽射出嚟嗰啲帶電粒子喺高空同大氣層當中嘅氮、氧分子碰撞並且以光嘅形式釋放能量。

Examples

  • 極光是極地特有的自然現象。

    The aurora is a phenomenon characteristic of the polar regions.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 喺紐西蘭個南島可以睇到極光。

    One can see aurora in the South Island, New Zealand.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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