蝕(しょく)

しょく
noun
eclipse
1. eclipse; obscuration of a celestial body
An astronomical eclipse, in which one celestial body is wholly or partly hidden by another. A literary or technical term that most often appears in compounds such as 日蝕(にっしょく) (solar eclipse) and 月蝕(げっしょく) (lunar eclipse); the modern everyday spelling uses 食(しょく).
蝕(しょく)が始(はじ)まった。
The eclipse has begun.
蝕(しょく)の最大(さいだい)は午後(ごご)三時(さんじ)ごろだ。
The peak of the eclipse will be around three in the afternoon.
天文(てんもん)ファンが蝕(しょく)の進(すす)む様子(ようす)を熱心(ねっしん)に観測(かんそく)していた。
Astronomy enthusiasts were eagerly observing how the eclipse progressed.

A literary and technical term for an eclipse. In everyday writing the 食(しょく) spelling is standard, so 蝕(しょく) mostly appears in older or specialist astronomical texts.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 蝕(しょく)が始(はじ)まる: the eclipse begins
  • 蝕(しょく)の最大(さいだい): the maximum (peak) of an eclipse
  • 皆既(かいき)蝕(しょく): total eclipse

SIMILAR WORDS:

  • 日食(にっしょく): solar eclipse — the everyday compound for an eclipse of the sun
  • 月食(げっしょく): lunar eclipse — the everyday compound for an eclipse of the moon
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