The time occupied by the apparition of these meteors was comparatively short; suddenly the three mock suns united in one, and plunged into the sea. 玛丽·雪莱.最后一个人.
Comets, meteors, an d eclipses were considered as omens portending pestilence, national disaster, or the fate of kings. 李贝.西洋科学史.
They were not meteors; they were too low. 查尔斯·狄更斯.匹克威克外传.
Then the moons come; the mysterious, magic moons of Mars, hurtling like monster meteors low across the face of the planet. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯.火星战神.