1.〔天〕太阳黑子
2.黑子;雀斑
3.太阳黑点
1.a dark area on the surface of the sun
1.The sun began to calm down in late 2007, so no one expected many sunspots in 2008.
太阳从2007年末开始平静下来，所以大家都认为2008年并不会出现大量的黑子。
2.The sun continued to languish until mid-December, when the largest group of sunspots to emerge for several years appeared.
太阳的了无生气一直延续下来，直到12月中旬，一组最大的可持续数年的太阳黑子出现了。
3.Sunspots weaken and strengthen on a roughly 11-year cycle, and Earth tends to be warmer when this activity is at its peak.
太阳黑子的增多和减少以十一年为一个周期，在太阳黑子最多的年份，地球往往要比其他时候暖和。
4.A few days ago, however, a bona-fide active region -- complete with sunspots -- appeared and continues to rotate across the Sun's face.
但在数天前，出现了一个真实的活动区域，而且其内有黑子存在，看上去它一直在太阳表面旋转。
5.Dab hydroquinone on sunspots, and exfoliate twice a week. (We like the gentle but powerful St. Ives Elements Microdermabrasion scrub).
（我们喜欢温柔但强大的圣艾夫斯元素微晶磨砂）。
6.Over the next 200 years scientists tried, without much success, to understand exactly how these transient sunspots might affect the climate.
此后的200多年间，科学家们试图确切掌握这些稍纵即逝的太阳黑子究竟怎样影响地球的气候，但是收效甚微。
7.The number of sunspots is usually taken as an indicator of solar activity .
太阳黑子的数量通常用作太阳活动的指标。
8.Galileo was the first person to see mountains on the moon and sunspots on the sun.
伽里略是看到月球上山脉和太阳黑子的第一人。
9.As it does so, sunspots begin to appear close to the poles of the sun.
在这一过程中，太阳黑子一开始看起来是位于接近太阳两极点的区域。
10.Normally the number of sunspots peaks every 11 years, coinciding with the times when the sun's magnetic field is at its strongest.
一般来说，太阳黑子的数量每十一年达到一次顶峰，正巧和太阳磁场最强的周期一致。