依附大者的小單位
把天上的軌道搬到地上：一個小的單位貼著一個大的轉，行動範圍被大的那一方決定，自己也離不開。政治上和都市地理上都借用了這個畫面。
satellite state · noun · B2
A country or group that is controlled by, or depends on, a larger and more powerful one.
附庸
核心畫面
Picture a small body going round and round a much bigger one, held in place by it — the Moon circling the Earth. That is the whole shape of the word: something smaller that keeps its place by staying in orbit around something larger. Machines in space, weaker countries and small towns all sit in that same picture.
可以想成一個小小的東西繞著一個大很多的東西打轉，被它牽住而離不開——月亮繞著地球就是這個畫面。satellite 的…更多收起
可以想成一個小小的東西繞著一個大很多的東西打轉，被它牽住而離不開——月亮繞著地球就是這個畫面。satellite 的各種意思，看起來都是從這個「小的繞著大的、靠大的定位」長出來的：太空中的機器、弱小的國家、大城旁的小鎮，都待在同一張圖裡。From the picture
Also in this word
natural satellite (moon) · noun · B2
A natural object in space, like a moon, that moves around a planet.
衛星
artificial satellite · noun · B2
A machine sent into space that travels around the Earth or Moon, used to send TV, phone, and internet signals.
衛星
原始詞典資料10 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
satellitenoun/ˈsætəlaɪ̯t/
- 1
A moon or other smaller body orbiting a larger one.
- The Moon is a natural satellite of the Earth.
- A spent upper stage is a derelict satellite.
- 2
A man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body, generally to relay information, data, etc. to Earth.
- Many telecommunication satellites orbit at 36000km above the equator.
- A 2025 global survey revealed widespread satellite interference in astrophotography, with 90% of respondents reporting moderate or worse impacts and 97.5% stating that conditions have significantly worsened over the past five years. This interference carries a substantial burden, costing an average of 27 extra minutes of editing per image, and 78% of participants believe a critical threshold exists, estimated at a median of 25,000 satellites, beyond which astrophotography will be irreparably harmed.
- 3
A country, state, office, building etc. which is under the jurisdiction, influence, or domination of another body.
- 4
archaicAn attendant on an important person; a member of someone's retinue, often in a somewhat derogatory sense; a henchman.
- We read in the Bible, that Nicanor the persecutor of Gods Law[…]sent his Satellites to apprehend the good old man Rasias[…].
- […]he would nevertheless have a better bargain of this tall satellite if they settled the debate betwixt them in the forest[…]. Betwixt anxiety, therefore, vexation, and anger, Charles faced suddenly round on his pursuer[…].
- 5
Satellite TV; reception of television broadcasts via services that use man-made satellite technology.
- Do you have satellite at your house?
- 6
grammarhuman-scienceslinguisticsA grammatical construct that takes various forms and may encode a path of movement, a change of state, or the grammatical aspect. Examples: "a bird flew past"; "she turned on the light".
- 7
biologygeneticsmedicineA very large array of tandemly repeating, non-coding DNA.
- 8
A community or town dependent on a larger town or city nearby.
- Ahead of us the lowering smoke-screen of Leeds and her gloomy satellites hung like an incubus over the land.
satelliteverb/ˈsætəlaɪ̯t/
- 1
broadcastingmediaTo transmit by satellite.
- It had to speed up its efforts to participate in the international satellite television market. In the summer of 1986 it began satelliting TV programs to Africa, and in early 1987, to Asia and twenty countries in Latin America […]
- 2
To orbit, like a satellite
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。