单词 | water of aquarius |
释义 | > as lemmasWater of Aquarius 27. Astronomy and Astrology. In full Water of Aquarius. The part of the constellation Aquarius traditionally interpreted as a stream of water falling from the jar of the Water Carrier towards the Southern Fish (Piscis Austrinus). Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > constellation > zodiacal constellation > [noun] > Aquarius > part of water shedder1546 water1556 water-pot1560 1556 R. Record Castle of Knowl. 267 Besyde these 22 starres, there are other 19, whiche in their dyuers and croked position doo make a forme of a Ryuer, and are called the Water whiche Aquarye sheddeth. 1673 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 8 5178 Saturn pass'd close by Four small Fix't Stars, visible only by a Telescope, within the sinus of the Water of Aquarius. 1754 J. Hill Urania at Testudo The constellations between which the Tortoise is placed, are the Whale, the Fishes, and the water of Aquarius. 1837 Naut. Mag. & Naval Chron. Aug. 515 A line through Aldebaran and α of the Whale, will lead to β in the tail of the Whale, also of the second magnitude, which is..close to the water of Aquarius. 1872 A. D. Thomson Mankind xxiv. 667 This is the Southern Fish, which is at the end of the water of Aquarius in our spheres. 2004 T. J. Germinario Apokalypso vi. 240 We had the long series of Saturn's transits through the ‘Water’ of Aquarius, from April 1994 to January 1996. < as lemmas |
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