| 单词 | autumnal star |
| 释义 | > as lemmasautumnal star autumnal star n. (originally, now historical and somewhat rare) a star associated with autumn, esp. through redness of colour or association with falling or decline (cf. sense 2); spec. (with the) Sirius; (in later use chiefly) a star prominent in the sky in autumn.Often with allusion to Milton (see quot. 1671) or (referring to Sirius) to Homer (see quot. 1791). [In quot. 1590 after Middle French astre automnal (late 16th cent. in the passage translated). With uses with reference to Homer compare ancient Greek ἀστὴρ ὀπωρινός star associated with late summer, Sirius. Compare further classical Latin autumnāle sīdus.] ΚΠ 1590 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Canticle of Victorie 8 Like an Autumnall star [Fr. astre Automnal], which ruddie dooth foreshow Some dearth, some pestilence, some bloudie ouer-throw. 1600 G. Chapman in R. Allott Englands Parnassus 409 Herewith she rose, like the Autumnall starre Fresh burnisht in the lofty Ocean flood. 1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd xiv. 615 But thou, Infernal Serpent, shalt not long Rule in the Clouds; like an Autumnal Star Or Lightning thou shalt fall from Heav'n trod down Under his feet. 1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. v. 7 Bright and steady as the star Autumnal [Gk. ἀστέρ᾽ ὀπωρινῷ]. 1811 Reflector 2 333 Dick's nose flamed like the autumnal star,—a nose red as if begot upon the Dog-star by the fiery sun. 1918 E. W. Linn Cycle of Sonnets 55 Last night I saw the star Capella glow, Autumnal star that ages hence shall rise Beyond the eastern hill. 1991 G. V. Zito Sociol. Shakespeare ii. 19 The springtime stars of the Elizabethans had been the autumnal stars of the ancients. 2008 Times 29 Sept. 53/4 In between lie the autumnal stars of the great square of Pegasus, which is much less prominent in the sky than it appears on the sky charts. < as lemmas |
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