释义 |
aph·ro·di·te \ˌafrōˈdīd.ē, -rəˈ-, -ītē, -i\ noun Etymology: New Latin, after Aphrodite, Greek goddess of love, from Greek Aphroditē 1. capitalized : a genus (the type of the family Aphroditidae) of large marine polychaetous annelids covered with long lustrous golden hairlike setae — compare sea mouse 2. -s sometimes capitalized [New Latin (specific epithet of Argynnis aphrodite), after Aphrodite, goddess] : a brown black-spotted butterfly (Speyeria aphrodite) of the United States with silver spots on the underside 3. -s often capitalized [after Aphrodite, goddess] : a light bluish green that is greener and deeper than average aqua green (sense 1) or robin's-egg blue (sense 2) and greener and darker than average turquoise green |