单词 | Venus |
释义 | Venus (once / 505 pages) 1n 2n WORD FAMILY Venus: Venuses USAGE EXAMPLESDuring January, Venus will reach its peak height above the horizon, according to the Beckstrom Observatory. BBC(Jan 02, 2017) Venus Williams, a former champion in Auckland, is due to play New Zealand wildcard entry Jade Lewis on Tuesday. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) Venus and Mars loiter in the west-southwestern sky after sunset. Washington Post(Dec 31, 2016) 1 1n the second nearest planet to the sun; it is peculiar in that its rotation is slow and retrograde (in the opposite sense of the Earth and all other planets except Uranus); it is visible from Earth as an early `morning star' or an `evening star' before it was known that they were the same object the evening star was called Venus and the morning star was called Lucifer Exp inferior planet any of the planets whose orbit lies inside the earth's orbit terrestrial planeta planet having a compact rocky surface like the Earth's; the four innermost planets in the solar system 2n goddess of love; counterpart of Greek Aphrodite 2Syn|Exp Urania Roman deity a deity worshipped by the ancient Romans n type genus of the family Veneridae: genus of edible clams with thick oval shells Syn|Hyper genus Venus mollusk genus a genus of mollusks |
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