1.Yang was in space for twenty-one and a half hours and made 14 orbits of the earth. make an orbit of … 围绕…转圈 orbit (n.) 轨道/势力范围 (vt.) 绕…轨道而行 (vi.) 进入轨道/沿轨道飞行/盘旋 e.g. The moon orbits the earth. e.g. When he was orbiting in the capsule, he took photographs of earth.