| 单词 | crape ring |
| 释义 | > as lemmascrape ring crape ring n. the innermost and faintest of the three ‘rings’ (ring n.1 8b) of Saturn. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > planet > primary planet > superior planet > [noun] > Saturn > ring > innermost crape ring1865 gauze ring1867 crêpe ring1959 1850 W. Lassell in Monthly Notices Royal Astron. Soc. 13 Dec. 21 It appeared as if something like a crape veil covered a part of the sky within the inner ring. 1851 W. Lassell in Monthly Notices Royal Astron. Soc. 14 Nov. 11 The ring, which I have usually called the ‘crape veil’.] 1865 W. T. Brande & G. W. Cox Dict. Sci., Lit. & Art (new ed.) I. 583/1 Crape Ring. 1902 Encycl. Brit. XXV. 733/2 Saturn's rings... It is now well established that the dusky or crape ring, which is on the inside of the brighter one, is really in the nature of an inner border of the bright ring, the one shading off imperceptibly into the other. 1928 W. M. Smart Sun, Stars & Universe vii. 130 In 1850 Bond and Dawes independently discovered a faint extension of Ring B towards the ball of the planet, known from its dusky appearance as the Crape Ring. 1957 Encycl. Brit. XX. 8/2 Saturn itself can be distinctly seen through the Crape ring. < as lemmas |
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