单词 | skygazer |
释义 | skygazern.ΚΠ 1849 G. White Statistics State of Georgia (Catal. Flora & Fauna ) 10/2 (list) Ardea..lentiginosa, bittern, or sky-gazer. 2. Any of various fishes with eyes that are directed upwards; esp. (in recent use) the cyprinid Chanodichthys erythropterus of East Asia. Cf. stargazer n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > [noun] > suborder Trachinoidei > family Uranoscopidae (star-gazers) > member of > uranoscopus scaber (star-gazer) uranoscopus1571 uranoscope1605 heaven-gazer1611 stargazer1661 sea-priest1672 skygazer1852 sea-parson1898 1852 Fraser's Mag. July 96/2 The name of Uranoscopus, ‘skygazer’, is derived by the fish from the position of the eyes, which are singularly planted on the crown of the head. 1877 J. J. Manley Notes Fish & Fishing viii. 221 The ‘sky-gazer’ of the Mediterranean, whose form is as hideous, as his ichthyological title, Uranoscopos hemerocœtus, is sesquipedalian. 1973 I. V. Kizevetter Chem. & Technol. Pacific Fish 138 Skygazer is usually found in catches of freshwater fish taken in the basin of the lower and middle reaches of the Amur. 1986 Jrnl. Ichthyol. 26 v. 137 The structure of the intestine of four typical species of the subfamily Cultrinae are examined:..the common skygazer, Erythroculter erythropterus (6 spec.). 3. A person who gazes at the sky; a meteorologist or astronomer (esp. an amateur one). Cf. stargazer n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > cosmology > astronomy > [noun] > person astronomienc1330 astronomera1382 astrologianc1400 spherist1604 astronomist1663 observator1664 uranologer1686 skygazer1860 the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > study or science of weather > [noun] > one who studies or is skilled in meteorology meteorologer1555 meteorologician1580 meteorologian1583 meteorologist1638 weatherling1656 aerologist1847 aerographer1849 skygazer1860 weather-lorist1905 Met1943 1860 Entomologist's Weekly Intelligencer 25 Aug. 166/1 The reiterated remarks of the meteorological sky-gazers, that for the last three years there has been a deficient supply [of rainfall]. 1888 G. P. Serviss Astron. with Opera-glass v. 130 There are other uses to which such eye-glasses may be put by sky-gazers. I habitually carry a pair for studying clouds. 1926 V. Woolf in New Criterion Jan. 37 Ordinarily to look at the sky for any length of time is impossible. Pedestrians would be impeded and disconcerted by a public sky-gazer. 1941 Sky & Telescope Nov. 7/1 The combined publication will be of increased usefulness to every astronomer, from the amateur skygazer to the profound professional. 2014 F. Reddy Celestial Delights i. 1 Humanity has been unraveling the basic workings of the solar system since some unknown skygazer first began tallying the Moon's phases. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > sail > [noun] > skysail skyscraper1791 skysail1807 skygazer1867 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. 630 Sky-gazer,..a sail of very light duck, over which un-nameable sails have been set, which defy classification. 1885 H. Paasch From Keel to Truck 144/1 Stargazer; Skygazer, monte-en-ciel. [Note] Very seldom employed. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1849 |
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