夏说英语新闻晨读 第477期:抖音火遍全球

 本期内容：

TikTok, the Chinese short-form video app, has been gaining global momentum¹. It's been downloaded about 80 million times in the United States, and nearly 800 million times worldwide, according to data from mobile research firm Sensor² Tower. (Those figures exclude Android users in China.) "TikTok could be the first long-term successful social app in the United States owned and operated by an Asian company," Apptopia wrote in a recent report.

TikTok: 抖音
tick-tock: 秒针的声音；音乐的节奏
short-form video: 短视频
momentum: （物理）势能
We had a slow start with this project, but we are starting to gain strong momentum.
according to: 根据
Apptopia: 移动应用数据分析公司

1 momentum   

n.动力，冲力，势头；动量

参考例句：

• We exploit the energy and momentum conservation laws in this way.我们就是这样利用能量和动量守恒定律的。
• The law of momentum conservation could supplant Newton's third law.动量守恒定律可以取代牛顿第三定律。

2 sensor   

n.传感器，探测设备，感觉器（官）

参考例句：

• The temperature sensor is enclosed in a protective well.温度传感器密封在保护套管中。
• He plugged the sensor into a outlet.他把传感器插进电源插座。