All 3 Uses of
meteor
in
The Count of Monte Cristo
- An hour had passed since the sun had set, when Franz fancied he saw, at a quarter of a mile to the left, a dark mass, but he could not precisely make out what it was, and fearing to excite the mirth of the sailors by mistaking a floating cloud for land, he remained silent; suddenly a great light appeared on the strand; land might resemble a cloud, but the fire was not a meteor.†
Chpt 31-32meteor = a small space rock that burns in the earth's atmosphere
- She was in tears, and, strange as it was, in spite of the emotions he felt at the sight of these tears, he looked also at Madame de Villefort, and it appeared to him as if a slight gloomy smile had passed over her thin lips, like a meteor seen passing inauspiciously between two clouds in a stormy sky.†
Chpt 79-80
- The carriage rolled with a thundering noise over the pavement, and every one turned to notice the dazzling meteor.†
Chpt 85-86 *
Definition:
a streak of light in the night sky that results from a space rock burning in the earth's atmosphere
or:
a meteoroid: a small space rock that hit the earth's atmosphere
or:
a meteorite: a stony or metallic object that is the remains of a meteoroid that reached the earth's surface
or:
a meteoroid: a small space rock that hit the earth's atmosphere
or:
a meteorite: a stony or metallic object that is the remains of a meteoroid that reached the earth's surface