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Comet French Literally Greek Tail Streaming Hair Kométēs

正面 5273.comet
英 ['kɒmɪt]美 ['kɑmət]

背面
释义:
n. [天] 彗星n. (Comet)人名;(法)科梅
例句:
1. They observed the comet for 70 days before it faded from sight.他们观察了这颗彗星70天,直至其慢慢从视线中消失。

1. 谐音“额犯的” => 我犯的,我冒犯的。2. 记忆方法:恶犯——冒犯 off + end
comet 扫帚星来自拉丁词cometa, 长发。因形如拖着的长头发而得名。
cometcomet: [13] Comet means literally ‘the longhaired one’. Greek kómē meant ‘hair’, but it was also applied metaphorically to the tail of a comet, which was thought of as streaming out behind like a luxuriant head of hair being blown by the wind. Hence an astēr kométēs ‘longhaired star’ was the name given to a comet. Eventually the adjective kométēs came to stand for the whole phrase, and it passed via Latin comēta and Old French comete into English.comet (n.)c. 1200, from Old French comete (12c., Modern French comète), from Latin cometa, from Greek (aster) kometes, literally "long-haired (star)," from kome "hair of the head" (compare koman "let the hair grow long"), which is of unknown origin. So called from resemblance of a comet's tail to streaming hair."

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