n.

1. 【天】蝕[C]
   There will be a total eclipse of the sun next Monday.

   下禮拜一將有全日蝕。

2. 被遮蔽；（聲名、威望等的）黯然失色[C][U]

vt.

1. 蝕，遮蔽（其他天體的光）
   The moon eclipses the sun.

   月球遮住太陽。

2. 使失色
   This news eclipses everything else.

   這條消息使其他一切都顯得無足輕重了。

3. （對幸福等）投下陰影

n.

1. an obscuring of the light from one celestial body by the passage of another between it and the observer or between it and its source of illumination.
   ▸an instance of being eclipsed by another person or thing.
2. Ornithology  a phase during which the distinctive markings of a bird (especially a male duck) are obscured by moulting of the breeding plumage.

v.

1. (of a celestial body) obscure the light from or to (another body).
2. deprive of significance, power, or prominence.