| 单词 | the mast |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe Mast c. Astronomy. the Mast: (the former English name of) the southern constellation Pyxis (now called the Mariner's Compass). Now historical. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > constellation > Southern constellations > [noun] > Pyxis Pyxis Nautica1774 Malus1845 the Mast1883 Pyx1922 1883 J. B. Harbord Gloss. Navigation (ed. 2) 22 A very extensive constellation of the southern hemisphere, of which several parts are named, Carina, ‘the Keel’; Puppis, ‘the Poop’; Malus, ‘the Mast’; and Vela, ‘the Sails’. 1915 M. A. Orr Stars of Southern Skies ii. 7 For convenience this large constellation [sc. Argo] has been divided into four—the Keel, the Poop, the Mast, and the Sails. 1952 E. J. Webb Names of Stars v. 71 Ptolemy catalogued no fewer than forty-five stars in the group, and modern astronomers have felt compelled to split it up into lesser groups—Keel, Poop, Mast, Sails. < as lemmas |
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