| 单词 | celestial pole |
| 释义 | > as lemmascelestial pole 2. Either of the two points in the celestial sphere (north and south) about which as fixed points the stars appear to revolve, being the points at which the line of the earth's axis meets the celestial sphere (more fully celestial pole). Also occasionally: †the Pole Star (obsolete). Also figurative (poetic): a thing that serves as a guide.galactic pole: see galactic adj. Compounds. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > celestial sphere > [noun] > pole polea1398 polea1450 axle-treea1522 the world > the universe > star > kind of star > giant > [noun] > supergiant > Pole star North Stara1387 polea1398 shipman-star1398 pole arcticc1400 tramontanec1400 transmontane starc1400 pommel1503 sail-star?c1510 Pole Star1555 star?1555 Arctic Pole1565 polar star1578 northern star1590 cynosure1596 Polaris1675 the world > relative properties > number > geometry > point > [noun] > on a surface or plane > pole polea1398 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 107v The spere of heuen..gooþ a boute apon twey poles; þe on þerof is by north..and hatte polus articus, þat is, þe northe pole; þe oþir is polus antarticus, þat is, þe souþ polus. c1400 ( G. Chaucer Treat. Astrolabe (Brussels) (1940) ii. §22. f. 89 v The heiȝte of oure pool artik fro oure north orizonte. c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) i. 476 To enhaunce þin honour to þe heuene, Aboue þe pole and þe sterres seuene. c1450 (?a1422) J. Lydgate Life Our Lady (Durh.) i. 10 The stere of the bright poole..with hir bemys..May al the trowble aswagen. a1527 R. Thorne in R. Hakluyt Divers Voy. (1582) sig. C The altitude of the poles, that is the North and South starres. 1602 H. Briggs (title) A table to find the height of the Pole; the magnetical declination being given. a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) ii. i. 15 To cast water, on the burning Beare, And quench the guards of th'euer fired pole. 1726 D. Gregory Elem. Physical & Geom. Astron. (ed. 2) I. ii. i. 224 The Polar Circles of that Place, which are therefore greater and more remote from the Celestial Pole, according as the Place..is farther off from the Terrestrial Equator. 1854 H. Moseley Lect. Astron. (ed. 4) ix. 41 Declination-circles are those great circles which pass round the heavens from one pole to the other. 1916 K. J. Saunders Adventures Christian Soul 68 When God's will is thy heart's pole, Then is Christ thy very soul. 1972 Jrnl. Brit. Astron. Assoc. 82 100 The small and faint constellation of Musca, which is the third closest constellation to the south celestial pole. 2003 J. Scalzi Rough Guide to Universe ii. 28 An equatorial mount allows you to align your telescope with a celestial pole. < as lemmas |
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