Venus
英 ['viːnəs]
美 ['vinəs]
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Venus 维纳斯，金星来自拉丁语Venus,古罗马爱与美丽女神，来自PIE*wen,努力，渴望，词源同win,wish，引申词义追求爱，追求美丽等。
- Venus
- late Old English, from Latin Venus (plural veneres), in ancient Roman mythology, the goddess of beauty and love, especially sensual love, from venus "love, sexual desire; loveliness, beauty, charm; a beloved object," from PIE root *wen- (1) "to strive after, wish, desire" (cognates: Sanskrit veti "follows after," vanas- "desire," vanati "desires, loves, wins;" Avestan vanaiti "he wishes, is victorious," vayeiti "hunts;" Lithuanian veju "to hunt, pursue;" Old Church Slavonic voji "warrior;" Old English waþ "hunting," wynn "joy," wunian "to dwell," wenian "to accustom, train, wean," wyscan "to wish;" Old Norse veiðr "chase, hunting, fishing"). Applied by the Romans to Greek Aphrodite, Egyptian Hathor, etc.
Applied in English to any beautiful, attractive woman by 1570s. As the name of the most brilliant planet from late 13c., from this sense in Latin (Old English called it morgensteorra and æfensteorra). The venus fly-trap (Dionæa muscipula) was discovered 1760 by Gov. Arthur Dobbs in North Carolina and description sent to Collinson in England. The Central Atlantic Coast Algonquian name for the plant, /titipiwitshik/, yielded regional American English tippity wichity.
- 1. Venus, the Sun and Earth all moved into line.
- 金星、太阳和地球都到了一条直线上。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. a marble sculpture of Venus
- 维纳斯的大理石雕像
来自《权威词典》
- 3. Venus is of the same size as Earth.
- 金星跟地球差不多一样大.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. Venus was a goddess worshiped by the Romans.
- 维纳斯是罗马人所崇拜的女神.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- 5. On Wednesday, Anadarko announced positive results from the Venus well off the coast of Sierra Leone.
- 周三, 美国石油集团阿纳达科(Anadarko) 宣布从塞拉利昂近海的维纳斯(Venus)井取得积极结果.
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