英语词汇“Canopic vase”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

Canopic vase

释义

Canopus /kə-nōˈpəs/

noun

The brightest star in the southern constellation Carina
An ancient Egyptian vase with a carved top or stopper in the form of a human or animal head, for holding the entrails taken from a body during the embalming process (also Canopic jar, vase or urn)

ORIGIN: L, from Gr Kanōpos, Menelaus's steersman who died at Canopus in Egypt, was transformed into the star Canopus, and identified with an Egyptian god worshipped in the form of a jar with a human head

Canoˈpic adjective

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