1. | [c] 日食；月食an occasion when the moon passes between the earth and the sun so that you cannot see all or part of the sun for a time; an occasion when the earth passes between the moon and the sun so that you cannot see all or part of the moon for a time |
an eclipse of the sun/moon 日食；月食 | |
a total/partial eclipse 全蚀；偏蚀 |
2. | [sing][u] （重要性、权势等的）丧失，黯然失色，暗淡a loss of importance, power, etc. especially because sb/sth else has become more important, powerful, etc. |
The election result marked the eclipse of the right wing. 选举结果标志着右翼的失势。 | |
Her work was in eclipse for most of the 20th century. 她的作品在 20 世纪大部分时间里都湮没无闻。 |
