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comb form 构词成分 (forming ns 用以构成名词)
1 device for measuring (sth) 测量(某物)的仪表, 计
thermometer * voltameter.
2 poetic metre with a given number of feet1(6) (诗的)音步: pentameter * hexameter.
Once we detected a planet, we would have to find a way of blotting out the light from its star, so that we would be able to 'see' the planet properly and analyze its atmosphere.