| 单词 | tropic line |
| 释义 | > as lemmastropic line a. A circle of the terrestrial or celestial sphere; e.g. †ecliptic line, equinoctial line, †tropic line. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > celestial sphere > circle of celestial sphere > [noun] circle of altitudec1000 linea1387 the world > the earth > region of the earth > zone or belt > [noun] linea1387 climatea1393 clime1553 region1556 zone1559 belt1796 subzone1851 dead zone1926 the world > the universe > celestial sphere > circle of celestial sphere > [noun] > great circle > ecliptic ecliptic linea1387 sun path1599 ecliptic1625 ecliptic circlea1679 ecliptic way1712 the world > the universe > celestial sphere > circle of celestial sphere > [noun] > lesser circle > tropic tropic1503 tropic line1577 tropic line1667 tropic circle1893 a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 9 In Armenia, Macedonia, Italia, and in oþer londes of þe same lyne. c1400 ( G. Chaucer Treat. Astrolabe (Cambr. Dd.3.53) (1872) Prol. 3 The arising of any planete aftur his latitude fro the Ecliptik lyne. ?c1510 tr. Newe Landes & People founde by Kynge of Portyngale sig. Bii So haue we sayled ouer ye linie equinocciall. 1551 R. Robinson tr. T. More Vtopia sig. Bv For vnder the lyne equynoctyall..lyeth..greate and wyde desertes. 1553 R. Eden in tr. S. Münster Treat. Newe India Pref. sig. aaviij The lyne, called Tropicus Cancri, and the Equinoctinal lyne. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iv. 282 Under the Ethiop Line By Nilus head. View more context for this quotation 1668 J. Dryden Sr Martin Mar-all v. 61 I have seen your..Eclipticks, and your Tropick Lines, Sir. 1837 D. Brewster Treat. Magnetism 238 The magnetic equator will meet the equinoctial line only in two points. tropic line tropic line n. (a) Geography = sense A. 2a; (b) Astronomy = sense A. 1c. [Compare French ligne tropique (1595 or earlier in Middle French), post-classical Latin linea tropica (1598 or earlier).] ΚΠ 1577Tropic line [see sense B. 2a]. 1668 J. Dryden Sr Martin Mar-all v. 61 I have seen your Hurricanoes, and your Calentures, and your Eclipticks, and your Tropick Lines. 1787 J. Richardson Key to Geogr. iii. 128 Fix the Globe again, look for the same Tropic Line, and make another mark, with a Pencil, against the Edge of the Horizon. 1886 G. Smith Atla xxix. 172 The sun has crossed the tropic line, He rests at Aries' double bars. 1941 Auk 58 474 Nesting occurs all the way from the tropic line across the temperate zone and beyond the arctic circle. 2008 Observer Bk. Earth 34 The imaginary Tropic lines searing their way above and below the equator on any modern map mark the point at which the Sun is directly overhead at noon on the two annual solstices. < as lemmas |
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