Constellation



GRE TOEFL

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 星座, 星群
• ［英］ n. 星座, 星群 ( an arbitrary configuration of stars)
• ［记］ con＋stell ( 星星) ＋ation -> 星星在一起 -> 星座、星群
• ［同］ 同根词: stellar ( 星的, 恒星的) ; interstellar ( 星际的)

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Etymology: Middle English constellacioun, from Anglo-French constellation, from Late Latin constellation-, constellatio, from Latin com- + stella star — more at star
• Date: 14th century
• 1. the configuration of stars especially at one's birth
• 2. any of 88 arbitrary configurations of stars or an area of the celestial sphere covering one of these configurations
• 3. an assemblage, collection, or group of usually related persons, qualities, or things constellation of…relatives, friends, and hangers-on — Brendan Gill constellation of symptoms
• 4. pattern, arrangement <taking advantage of the shifting constellation of power throughout the known world — H. D. Lasswell
• ? constellatory adjective

记忆

记住中间那个tell 每个星座都可以tell一个动人的故事

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