aurora是什麽意思

aurora

[ɔ'rɔrə]

n. [地物] 極光；曙光

英文詞源

aurora (n.): late 14c., from Latin Aurora, the Roman goddess of dawn, from PIE *ausus- "dawn," also the name of the Indo-European goddess of the dawn, from root *aus- (1) "to shine," especially of the dawn (cognates: Greek eos "dawn," auein "to dry, kindle;" Sanskrit usah, Lithuanian ausra "dawn;" Latin auster "south wind," usum "to burn;" Old English east "east").

雙語例句

1. Aurora felt the opium haze enfold her.: 奧蘿拉感覺自己被籠罩在鴉片煙霾中。

2. And wooed on Coosa's side Aurora's beam.: 我見過庫薩山巔晨曦的分娩.

3. The aurora is one of nature's most awesome spectacles.: 極光是自然界最可畏的奇觀之一.

4. In the northeast a silvergreen serpentine aurora pulsed and quivered gently.: 銀綠色,長蛇似的極光,在東北方很文靜地翕張、顫動.

5. Over the polar regions we should see aurora.: 在極地高空,我們會看到極光.

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