单词 | two asses |
释义 | > as lemmasTwo Asses 3. Astronomy. In plural, often in Two Asses. The stars γ Cancri and δ Cancri, situated on either side of the star cluster M44, traditionally called Praesepe, the Crib or Manger (though now more commonly known as the Beehive cluster). ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > constellation > zodiacal constellation > [noun] > Cancer > part of Two Asses1550 1550 W. Salesbury tr. Proclus Descr. Sphere sig. D.iv. The two Starres that stande nyghe Presepe are called Asini [L. Aselli]. [Note] The Asses. 1556 R. Record Castle of Knowl. 266 Other two starres are called the Asses whiche seeme to stande at the Crybbe. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 21 The two Asses, placed there as some say, by Bacchus. 1701 J. Whalley tr. Ptolemy Quadripartite i. ix. 19 The two placed on each side the Præsepe, called the Asses [L. Asini; Gk. ὄνοι], are Martial and Solar. 1859 G. C. Stewart Hierophant viii. 168 The phrase ‘Issachar is a strong ass,’ is explained by the fact that there are two stars in Cancer called the two asses. 1968 Jrnl. Brit. Astron. Assoc. 78 363 The Aselli (Asses) are two naked-eye stars, δ and γ Cancri, which guard the ‘Manger’ to the east. 2006 I. Ridpath & W. Tirion Monthly Sky Guide (ed. 7) 26 The cluster is flanked by two stars, known as the Asses, visualized as feeding at the Manger. < as lemmas |
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