| 单词 | the river eridanus |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe River Eridanus 5. Astronomy. With the: (the English name of) the constellation Eridanus; more fully the River Eridanus. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > constellation > Southern constellations > [noun] > Eridanus or Flavius river1556 Eri1922 1556 R. Record Castle of Knowl. 268 A greate tract of starres, whiche represent the forme of a Riuer: and therefore are they called the Ryuer. 1599 T. Hill Schoole of Skil i. 23 The image named the riuer, or Eridanus, or Potamos, hath 34. stars. 1686 tr. J. Chardin Coronation Solyman 135 in Trav. Persia The upper part of it advanc'd toward the Girdle of Orion, and the River Eridanus. 1761 Philos. Trans. 1760 (Royal Soc.) 51 469 I had the pleasure last night..to observe a comet in the southern hemisphere, near the northmost extremity of the river Eridanus. 1807 T. Young Course Lect. Nat. Philos. I. xli. 498 Canopus, in the ship Argo, and Achernar, in the river Eridanus, are the most brilliant of them. 1905 A. A. Hopkins & A. R. Bond Sci. Amer. Ref. Bk. 461/1 The River, Eridanus, occupies the lower part of the southwesterly sky. 1994 Afr. Environment & Wildlife Nov.–Dec. 96/1 The sky overhead at this time of year contains no prominent constellations, with Eridanus (the River) stretching from Orion in the east to Hydrus in the south. < as lemmas |
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