red dwarf

基本解释

His fame has led to guest roles in The Simpsons, Star Trek: The Next Generation and Red Dwarf.
他的名声让自己在《辛普森一家》、《星际迷航：下一代》以及《红矮星号》等电影都客串了一把。
However, since its parent star is a red dwarf—a far smaller and fainter object than the sun—that orbit is, in fact, much smaller that the Earth’s around the sun.
但是因为其母体恒星就像是一个红色的小矮人——比起地球来实在是又小又模糊，因此它的运行轨道与地球相比也就小了很多。
The third star, a red dwarf called Proxima Centauri, circles this couple at a considerable distance and is too faint for Fischer's team to study, but it could boast small planets, too.
第三颗被称作比邻星的红矮星，在相当远的距离之外绕这两颗恒星旋转，由于亮度太弱费希尔的团队无法对其进行研究，不过它也可能拥有质量较小的行星。

One interesting result revealed in the new data is the large number of faint red dwarf stars.
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The surface of these planets would be quite different, due to the light from the red dwarf.
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Indeed Gliese 581d's parent is a red dwarf—the tiniest stellar species.
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