Dicvo

One word, one everyday story

Teaching entries and general reference records are shown separately. Independent language review of teaching entries is pending.

Report an entry issue

galaxy

/ɡæləksi/

Original teaching content · provenance and version

Example recordings passed technical checks; use the rating controls to flag pronunciation quality.

English pronunciation · Synthesized MP3 · Audio-factory quality review passed

1 · noun

(astronomy) a collection of star systems; any of the billions of systems each having many stars and nebulae and dust

星系

Read the example to see galaxy in context.

Log in to save and review

Astronomers have discovered a galaxy that has almost no dark matter.

English pronunciation · Synthesized MP3 · Audio-factory quality review passed

Is this recording accurate and natural?

天文学家们发现了一个几乎没有暗物质的星系。

Mandarin pronunciation · Synthesized MP3 · Audio-factory quality review passed

Is this recording accurate and natural?

Share this public expression
Connect this word to your life

Pronunciation: /ɡæləksi/

Try using this word in a sentence of your own; you may skip this.