| 单词 | signs of the zodiac |
| 释义 | > as lemmassigns of the zodiac b. signs of the zodiac (sign n. 6): the twelve equal parts into which the zodiac is divided, and through one of which the sun passes in each month; they are named after the twelve constellations (Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius, Pisces) with which at a former epoch they severally coincided approximately (see precession n.2 1). ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > celestial sphere > zone of celestial sphere > [noun] > Zodiac > sign of zodiac tokeningc888 tokenc1000 signa1393 signs of the zodiac?1533 Mazzaroth1560 dog1723 star sign1894 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 117 Hou that the Signes sitte arowe, Ech after other be degre In substance and in proprete The zodiaque comprehendeth Withinne his cercle, as it appendeth.] ?1533 G. Du Wes Introductorie for to lerne Frenche sig. Cci v The xii. signes of the zodiacque. 1585 C. Fetherston tr. J. Calvin Comm. Actes Apostles xxviii. 11 The signe in the Zodiacke called Gemini. 1625 N. Carpenter Geogr. Delineated i. v. 101 Wheresoeuer any man stands on the Surface of the Earth, six signes of the Zodiacke will shew themselues. 1715 tr. D. Gregory Elements Astron. I. ii. §1. 203 The images of the Stars have removed from the Signs of the Zodiac, to which they originally gave names. 1866 R. M. Ferguson Electricity 36 The sun is in the northern signs of the zodiac. < as lemmas |
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