| 单词 | water sign |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswater sign water sign Astrology any of the three signs of the zodiac, Pisces, Cancer, and Scorpio, associated with the element water; (also) a person born under one of these signs.In quot. 1697, the author divides the zodiac signs only into the elements water and earth, with two signs (Pisces and Cancer) being associated with water and the remaining signs with earth (apart from Capricorn and Aquarius to which he assigns both elements). [Compare earlier fire sign n. at fire n. and int. Compounds 2a. Compare also earlier watery triplicity n. at watery adj. Compounds 3.] ΚΠ 1697 T. Creech in tr. Manilius Five Bks. ii. 90 The Water Signs are Pisces and Cancer. 1883 G. Massey Nat. Genesis II. ix. 82 The three water-signs of the zodiac. 1945 Morning Herald (Hagerstown, Maryland) 21 Nov. 10/3 Subjects of this water sign [sc. Scorpio] have keen intelligence and high ambitions. 1982 C. Rose Astrol. Counselling vi. 77 We may say that the Water signs follow a general line of development based on subjective experience. 1998 Spirit No. 9. 88/1 Jupiter arriving in your fellow water sign of Pisces on February 4th opens horizons and expands bank accounts for Cancerians born in late June. 2011 People (Nexis) 5 June (Features section) 1 A water sign such as you loves a dramatic opportunity, so..dive in. < as lemmas |
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