流星在英语中称为"meteor". 它来自拉丁语"meteoron", 意思是"天上的物体". 下面是一些例句:

I saw a meteor shoot across the sky last night. (我昨晚看到一颗流星划过天空。)

The meteor shower was truly a sight to behold. (流星雨真是一个值得一看的景象。)

The meteor that hit Earth millions of years ago is believed to have caused the extinction of the dinosaurs. (据说数百万年前撞击地球的流星是恐龙灭绝的原因。)