total eclipse of the sun的意思|示意

Before scientists discovered the cause of the total eclipse of the sun, people were extremely frightened when darkness fell in the middle of the day.

科学家发现产生日全蚀这一现象的原因之前，每当黑暗在大白天降临时人们就怕得要命。

Explanation: Is this painting the earliest realistic depiction of a total eclipse of the Sun?

说明： 这张画是最早表现日全食写实作品吗？

On Wednesday, the moon will blot out the sun, creating a total solar eclipse that will darken the sky over parts of the western Pacific and Southeast Asia.

本周三，月球遮蔽太阳所形成的日全食将会笼罩部分西太平洋和东南亚的天空。

The last total lunar eclipse - when the sun, Earth and Moon are almost exactly in line, with the Moon and sun on opposite sides of the planet - was in February 2008.

上一次日食发生在2008年2月，当时太阳，地球和月亮完全在同一条直线上，月亮和太阳分别在地球的两边。

A total solar eclipse has been making its way of crossing the South Pacific with a rare alignment of the sun, moon and earth, plunging a narrow corridor into darkness.

日全食正在经过南太平洋，这时候太阳，月亮和地球处于一条直线上，形成黑暗的走廊，这是比较罕见的。

According to Nasa, a total eclipse, when the moon passes between the earth and the sun, is only visible from a narrow strip - about 150km wide - of the earth's surface at any one time.

美国航空航天局称，当月球经过地球和太阳之间时发生日全食，在它发生的任意时刻，地球表面上只有150千米宽的狭长地带能看到这一景象。