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单词 horoscope
释义
horoscopehor‧o‧scope /ˈhɒrəskəʊp $ ˈhɑːrəskoʊp, ˈhɔː-/ noun [countable] Word Origin
WORD ORIGINhoroscope
Origin:
1000-1100 French, Greek horoskopos, from hora ‘hour’ + skopein ‘to look at’
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • And stargazers who slavishly read those horoscopes are set for the sign of eternal damnation.
  • Even reading your horoscope can get up your nose.
  • However, some minor sporting events, television schedules, crosswords and horoscopes have been omitted.
  • No, we're not doing horoscopes just looking ahead to Saturday afternoon.
  • Particular items like cartoons and horoscopes often had high readerships; leading articles did not.
  • The Pope has put betting - with tax-dodging and reading horoscopes - on a list of sins that risk eternal damnation.
  • There was no sense in letting a silly thing like an unsolicited horoscope put her in a flap.
  • You can even have your horoscope added to the mix.
Thesaurus
THESAURUS
the study of the positions and movements of the stars and how they might influence people and events: · Do you believe in astrology?· The science of astrology has existed for thousands of years.
a description of people’s characters and the things that will happen to them, based on the position of the stars and planets at the time of their birth – especially a description that is printed in a newspaper or magazine: · I sometimes read my horoscope in the daily paper.· My horoscope says that I should be careful about investing money.
the twelve signs that you can belong to according to your birth date and the position of the stars then, which some people believe influence our characters and our lives: · The carving shows the twelve signs of the zodiac.
one of the 12 signs of the zodiac: · What sign are you?· My favourite star sign is Aquarius.
the first sign of the zodiac, which is represented by a ram. People born between March 21 and April 20 belong to this sign.
the second sign of the zodiac, represented by a bull. People born between April 21 and May 21 belong to this sign.
the third sign of the zodiac, represented by twins. People born between May 22 and June 21 belong to this sign.
the fourth sign of the zodiac, represented by a crab. People born between June 22 and July 23 belong to this sign.
the fifth sign of the zodiac, represented by a lion. People born between July 24 and August 23 belong to this sign.
the sixth sign of the zodiac, represented by a young woman. People born between August 24 and September 23 belong to this sign.
the seventh sign of the zodiac, represented by a pair of scales. People born between September 24 and October 23 belong to this sign.
the eighth sign of the zodiac, represented by a scorpion. People born between October 24 and November 22 belong to this sign.
the ninth sign of the zodiac, represented by an animal that is half horse and half human, carrying a bow and arrow. People born between November 23 and December 21 belong to this sign.
the tenth sign of the zodiac, represented by a goat. People born between December 22 and January 20 belong to this sign.
the 11th sign of the zodiac, represented by a man carrying water. People born between January 21 and February 19 belong to this sign.
the 12th sign of the zodiac, represented by a pair of fish. People born between February 20 and March 20 belong to this sign.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSVERB
· He won't cast his own horoscope, because he doesn't want to know too much about the future.
 a description of your character and the things that will happen to you, based on the position of the stars and planets at the time of your birth → zodiac
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