Cosmos



GRE

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 宇宙
• ［英］ n. 宇宙 ( the universe considered as a harmonious and orderly system)
• ［记］ cosm ( 宇宙) ＋os -> 宇宙
• ［同］ 同根词: cosmopolis ( 国际都市)

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Etymology: Greek kosmos
• Date: 1596
• 1.
  • a. universe 1
  • b.
    • (1) an orderly harmonious systematic universe — compare chaos
    • (2) order, harmony
• 2. a complex orderly self-inclusive system
• 3. plural cosmos also cosmoses \［New Latin, genus name, from Greek kosmos\］ any of a genus (Cosmos) of tropical American composite herbs; especially a widely cultivated tall annual (C. bipinnatus) with yellow or red disks and showy ray flowers

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