| 单词 | cape clouds |
| 释义 | > as lemmasCape clouds Cape clouds n. = Magellanic Clouds at cloud n. 4. ΚΠ 1795 C. R. Hopson tr. C. P. Thunberg Trav. (ed. 2) II. 208 Charles' wain..was here sunk below the horizon, and the Cape clouds, as two dark spots in the firmament are called, seemed to be a similar token to the inhabitants here. 1880 A. Giberne Sun, Moon, & Stars 269 The famous Magellanic Clouds in the southern heavens. Sometimes they are called the Cape Clouds. 1921 H. J. Mandelbrote tr. O. F. Mentzel Descr. Cape of Good Hope I. 17 His object was merely to observe the two so-called Cape clouds above the Table Mountain..two small stars which, like the Milky Way, appeared to be made up of numerous nebulous stars. 2007 M. D. Heifetz & W. Tirion Walk through Southern Sky 39/2 The Magellanic Clouds, or Clouds of Magellan, originally called the Cape Clouds, were discovered before the time of the explorer Ferdinand Magellan. < as lemmas |
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