v .
to block the light of ; to overshadow ; to reduce the significance ; to surpass 빛을 가로막다 ; 그늘지게 하다 ; 의미를 축소하다 ; 능가하다

• In an eclipse of the moon, the sun, earth and moon are arranged in such a way that the earth prevents the light of the sum from falling on the moon. In an eclipse of the sun, the moon passes directly between the earth and the sun, preventing the light of the sun from falling on the earth. In the first instance, the earth is said to eclipse the moon ; in the second instance the moon is said to eclipse the sun.
• Lois's fame eclipsed that of her brother, Louis, who made fewer movies and was a worse actor.
• The spelling team's glorious victory in the state spelling championship was eclipsed by the arrest of their captain on charges of possessing cocaine.