| 单词 | constellation |
|---|---|
| 音标 | [kɔnstə'leiʃən] |
| 解释 | n.星座，星群 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 n. 星座，星群 (an arbitrary configuration of stars) 【考】 constellation : star / chord : note / queue : person(星星组成星座/音符 组成和音/人组成队伍) 【记】 con＋stell(星星)＋a tion→星星在一起→ 星座、星群 【同】 同根词：stellar(星 的，恒星的); interstellar(星际的) |
| 字源 | constellation (n.) early 14c., from Old French constellacion "constellation, conjuncture (of planets)," from Late Latin constellationem (nominative constellatio) "set with stars," from constellatus, from Latin com- "with" (see com-) + past participle of stellare "to shine," from stella "star" (see star). Originally in astrology, of position of planets ("stars") in regard to one another on a given day, usually one's birth day, as a determination of one's character. "I folwed ay myn inclinacioun/By vertu of my constillacioun" (Chaucer, "Wife's Prologue," c.1386). Modern astronomical sense is from 1550s. |
| 不择手段背单词 | n. (88个象图形或图案的)星座, 星群; 群英荟萃 【根】con一起, stell星星－很多星星在—起－星座、星群 【参】stellar(adj 恒星的); interstellar(adj 星际的) 【类】constellation: star = chord: note = queue: person星座由星星组成 = 和音由音符组成 = 队伍由人组成 |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】stellar 恒星的 【相关】interstellar 星际的, quasi-stellar object 类星体 |
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