单词 | polestar |
释义 | polestar (once / 151530 pages) n WORD FAMILY polestar: polestars USAGE EXAMPLESInevitably, perhaps, they were guided by two polestars: responsibility and entitlement. New York Times(Nov 06, 2016) Not that Hillary Clinton and husband Bill are polestars of virtue. Salon(Sep 09, 2016) To partisans, he’s either the polestar of Clintonian malfeasance or a symptom of Republican mania. Washington Post(Nov 03, 2015) n the brightest star in Ursa Minor; at the end of the handle of the Little Dipper; the northern axis of the earth points toward it Syn|Exp North Star, Polaris, polar star, pole star loadstar, lodestar guiding star; a star that is used as a reference point in navigation or astronomy variable, variable stara star that varies noticeably in brightness |
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