The northern end of the earth's axis points towards the sun in summer.

在夏季，地轴的北端指向太阳。

When your town has winter, the earth's axis is pointing away from the sun.

当你所在的城镇进入冬季时，地轴指向远离太阳的方向。

Precession, basically is the change in the direction of earth's axis of rotation.

岁差，基本上是地球自转轴方向的改变。

The tilt of the earth's axis, that imaginary pole that runs through the center of the earth.

地轴是我们虚构的穿过地心的一个倾斜的直线轴。

The inclination, or tilt, of Earth's axis also varies periodically, moving between 22 degrees and 5 degrees.

地轴的倾角也会周期性地变化，在22度到5度之间移动。

The tilt of Earth's axis, toward the Sun at some times of the year and away from the Sun at other times, is responsible for the annual cycle of seasons.

地轴的倾斜在一年中的某些时候朝向太阳，而在其它时间远离太阳，造成了每年的季节循环。

Seasonsoccur because the tilt of the earth's axis.

因为地球轴线的倾斜而发生四季。

Perhaps more impressive is how much the quake shifted Earth's axis.

也许更令人印象深刻的是地震使地轴偏移了多少。

If the earth's axis did not tilt, there would be no seasonal change on it.

如果地轴不倾斜，地球上就没有季节变化。

Determined with reference to the earth's axis rather than the magnetic poles.

根据地球中轴而非磁极确定的。

On any other day of the year, the Earth's axis tilts a little away from or towards the Sun.

在一年中的任何一天，地球的轴倾斜一点点远离或朝向太阳。

The Earth's axis points toward Polaris, the North Star, near the center of the concentric trails.

地轴指向北极星，在这一圈同心圆中心附近。

The tilt of the earth's axis, not the shape of its orbit, is what is responsible for the seasons.

形成季节的主要因素不是地球公转轨道的形状，而是地球自转轴的倾斜。

The strong 3 gravitational pull of our moon ACTS as a global 4 gyroscope stabilizing the Earth's axis.

月亮强大的引力就像是地球的一个陀螺仪，保证了地球轴心的稳定性。

The Earth's axis points toward Polaris , the North Star, near the center of the concentric trails.

地轴指向北极星，在这一圈同心圆中心附近。

The strong 3)gravitational pull of our moon acts as a global 4)gyroscope stabilizing the Earth's axis.

月亮强大的引力就像是地球的一个陀螺仪，保证了地球轴心的稳定性。

That 9.1 magnitude quake shifted the Earth's axis by 2.3 milliarcseconds and shortened a day by 6.8 microseconds.

那场9.1级的地震使地球自转轴心线发生2.3毫弧度的偏移，并将一天的时间缩短6.8毫秒。

There are north-southern Kangdian earth's axis in the east and nearly north-southern Sanjiang fold- system in the west.

区域上属南北向川西一藏东构造带，其东为南北向康滇地轴，西为近南北向三江构造带。

But some say the Mayans knew another secret: the Earth's axis wobbles, slightly changing the alignment of the stars every year.

不过，有人说玛雅人知道另一个秘密：地球的地轴每年微微改变着星星的运行线路。

For astronomers, its pristine atmosphere and location at the earth's axis makes this the perfect place to gaze into the heavens.

对天文学家而言，纯净的大气层和在地轴上的位置使其成为观测天象的完美地点；

The Earth's axis of rotation is tilted in relation to the ecliptic plane, an imaginary surface through Earth's orbit around the sun.

地球的自转轴与黄道面呈一定角度。黄道面是地球公转轨道所在的一个假想平面。

"The earth's axis does not tip in exactly the way we would like it to - but we didn't feel we could modify that," says Mr Nicholls.

尼科尔斯表示：“地球中轴线的倾斜角度不能尽如我们所愿——不过我们觉得也没有办法修正这一点。”

The earthquake that struck Chile on Saturday may have shifted the earth's axis and created shorter days, according to scientists at Nasa.

据美国宇航局科学家透露，周六发生在智利的强烈地震可能改变地球自转轴心线，并缩短地球自转时间，使一天时间变短。

Its weight is so massive. Experts projected it could slightly alter the earth's axis and increase the length of every day by a macroscopic amount.

一个中国内地的内海，由于重量惊人。专家预计会轻微改变地轴，让每天增长一点点。

The gnomon in the middle is perpendicular to the plate, parallel to the earth's axis, and points to the celestial North Pole (near the north Star).

晷针垂直于晷盘，平行于地轴，指向天北极(北极星附近)。