单词 | goat star |
释义 | > as lemmasGoat Star Goat Star n. (with the) Capella; cf. sense A. 2b. [After classical Latin capella (see Capella n.) and capra, denoting the same star (see note in main etymology); compare earlier Dog Star n.] In quot. 1894: apparently extended to neighbouring stars (cf. kid n.1 4). ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > star > kind of star > giant > [noun] > Capella goat1556 Goat Star1632 Capellaa1682 1632 W. Forster tr. W. Oughtred Circles of Proportion i. 86 (table) The Goat starre. 1850 Pract. Mechanic's Jrnl. 1849–50 2 132/2 A line drawn from these stars through the middle of the belt will pass the southern horn of the Bull to the Goat Star, Capella. 1894 W. E. Gladstone tr. Horace Odes iii. vii. 6 Him wild Goat-stars [L. insana Caprae sidera] vexed. 2005 M. Pope Osborne Season Sandstorms iv. 39 Jack couldn't tell which star was the Goat Star. < as lemmas |
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