单词 | ascians |
释义 | Asciansn. With plural agreement. Inhabitants of the torrid zone, who twice a year have the sun directly overhead at noon, and then cast no shadows. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of specific region > [noun] > inhabitants of torrid zone Ascians1625 1625 N. Carpenter Geogr. Delineated i. x. 226 These men haue the Sunne twice euery yeare in their Zenith, or verticall point, and then they make no shaddowes at all; and therefore they are called Ascij, or without shaddowes. 1702 V. Mandey tr. J. J. Hainlin Synopsis Mathematica: Geogr. i. xvii. 584 Ascij, are those which have no Meridian Shadow. 1847 J. Craig New Universal Dict. Ascians. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1625 |
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