| 单词 | sun sign |
| 释义 | > as lemmassun sign sun sign n. (a) chiefly Archaeology a figure thought to be an ancient symbol for the sun; cf. sun circle n. (b), sun cross n., sun wheel n. 3; (b) Astrology (also with capital initial(s)) the sign of the zodiac through which the sun is passing when a person is born, used in determining his or her horoscope; a person's birth sign; cf. star sign n. 2.Sense (b) is now the usual sense. [In sense (a) probably after Danish soltegn (late 19th cent. in archaeological contexts).] ΘΚΠ society > communication > representation > physical representation of abstraction > symbolizing > [noun] > a symbol > specific symbols > others Samian letter1616 A1651 Tetragrammaton1656 arrow1744 arrowhead1832 wind1847 scarlet letter1850 sun wheel1865 sacred axe1866 rising sun1868 crow's foot1871 Easter rabbit1881 hexagram1882 sun sign1882 Easter bunny1900 Staffordshire knot1908 sinsigna1914 tectiform1921 padma1954 smiley face1957 happy face1971 lexigram1973 emoticon1988 smiley1989 1882 M. E. Gooday tr. J. J. A. Worsaae Industr. Arts Denmark 87 Long-billed figures of geese are found, in combination with sun-signs and other symbols. 1893 S. O. Addy Hall of Waltheof 93 The sign of the cross was itself a sun-sign amongst the heathen Northmen. 1936 Chicago Defender 3 Oct. 4/6 (advt.) Astrological reading based upon your Zodiac Sun Sign... Star chart of Favorable and Unfavorable Days included free. 1986 Toronto Star (Nexis) 23 Sept. n12 I have heard that moon signs sometimes overpower sun signs, if it's in its 26th hour, or thereabouts, at the time of birth. 1987 Durham Univ. Jrnl. 80 10 By the Roman period in western Europe, devotees of Celtic solar cults had adopted the wheel as a common and dominant sun-sign. 2013 Sunday Tribune (S. Afr.) (Nexis) 6 Jan. 19 Western astrology generally looks at your sun sign and gives general predictions that are common to millions of people. < as lemmas |
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