“catasterism”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

catasterism

释义

catasterism|kəˈtæstərɪz(ə)m|
[ad. Gr. καταστερισµός a ‘placing among the stars; καταστερισµοί was the name of a treatise attributed to Eratosthenes giving the legends of the different constellations’ (Liddell and Scott); (ult.) f. κατά + ἀστήρ star. Cf. asterism.]
a. pl. The treatise mentioned above.
b. A constellation.
1803G. S. Faber Cabiri II. 251 The remarkable assemblage of catasterisms..in the neighbourhood of the supposed ship of Jason.1837Whewell Hist. Induct. Sc. i. iv. §1 (L.) The ‘Catasterisms’ of Eratosthenes..were an enumeration of 475 of the principal stars according to the constellations in which they are.1852Th. Ross Humboldt's Trav. Introd. 17 The catasterisms of their zodiac.

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