| 单词 | asterism |
| 释义 | asterism —asterismal, adj. /as"teuh riz'euhm/, n. 1. Astron. a. a group of stars. b. a constellation. 2. Mineral. a property of some crystallized minerals of showing a starlike luminous figure in transmitted light or, in a cabochon-cut stone, by reflected light. 3. three asterisks printed to draw attention to a passage it precedes. [1590-1600; < Gk asterism(ós) a marking with stars. See ASTERISK, -ISM] |
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