Perseids
noun [ plural ] specialized uk/ˈpɜː.si.ɪdz/ us/ˈpɜ˞ː.si.ɪdz/
英仙座流星群
a group of meteors that form a meteor shower (= a number of pieces of rock from space that produce a bright light at a particular date each year as they travel through the atmosphere) that is most active around August 12th
A small group gathered at the observatory to catch a glimpse of the annual Perseids meteor shower. 一小群人聚集在天文台，希望能看到一年一度的英仙座流星雨。
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- Perseids are fragments of the comet Swift-Tuttle.
- Perseids are so called because they seem to come from the constellation Perseus.
- Even with the moonlight, the Perseids are worth watching.
- I watched the peak of the Perseids meteor shower from my back yard.