| 单词 | sextant |
|---|---|
| 音标 | ['sekstənt] |
| 解释 | n.六分仪(航海定向仪器) |
| 红宝书 | 【考】 abacus : calculate / sextant : navigate(算盘用来计算/六分 仪用来航海) 【记】 sex(＝six六)＋tant →六分仪 |
| 字源 | sextant (n.) instrument for determining latitude, 1620s, from Modern Latin sextans, said to have been coined c.1600 by Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe, from Latin sextans "a sixth," from sex "six" (see six). So called because the sextans has a graduated arc equal to a sixth part of a circle. |
| 不择手段背单词 | n. 六分仪(航海定向、定高的仪器) 【记】sex = six, tant－六分仪 【类】abacus: calculate = sextant: navigate算盘用来计算 = 六分仪用来航海 |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】six |
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