Astrolabe



GRE

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 星盘 ( 古代星位观测仪)
• ［类］ astrolabe : nautical / colander : culinary ( 星盘是航海工具 / 滤器是烹调工具)
• ［记］ astro ( 星) +labe ( 结构成分, 表示名词)

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French & Medieval Latin; Anglo-French astrelabe, from Medieval Latin astrolabium, from Late Greek astrolabion, from Greek astrolabos, from astr- + lambanein to take — more at latch
• Date: 14th century
• a compact instrument used to observe and calculate the position of celestial bodies before the invention of the sextant

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