英语词汇“lesser dog star”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

1. (More fully Greater Dog Star) Sirius, the brightest star in the sky and in the constellation Canis Major (the Great Dog). Also (more fully Lesser Dog Star): Procyon, the brightest star in the constellation Canis Minor (the Lesser Dog).The ‘influence’ of these stars, or of one of them, when rising around the time of sunrise, was formerly thought to cause excessive heat and other harmful effects; see dog day n. 1a.

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Siriusc1374

canicularc1420

Dog Star1558

Orion's hound1590

Orion's dog1676

1558 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Seuen First Bks. Eneidos iii. sig. G.i The dog starre vp doth ryse, the soyle for heat of sonne doth frye.

1579 E. K. in E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. July 21 Gloss. The Dogge starre, which is called Syrius, or Canicula reigneth.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 24 The Lustrum or computation of the fiue yeares beginneth at the leap yere, when the Dogstar doth arise.

1649 J. Napier Bloody Almanack 4 The lesser Dog Star now arising, shewes that the mungrells of the —— shall not very well agree.

1692 M. Prior Ode Imitation Horace iii. ii. 26 Beneath the dog-star's raging heat.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics ii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 85 The Dog-star cleaves the thirsty Ground.

1716 Worlidge's Compl. Syst. Husbandry & Gardening 437 Greater Dog-Star riseth with the Sun.

1761 Philos. Trans. 1760 (Royal Soc.) 51 499 The old authors mention the Dog star, which is now white, and not at all inclined to redness, as being then very much so.

1803 W. Frend Evening Amusements 26 By carrying the eye down the meridian from the Moon, a little to the east of the Meridian, the Lesser Dog Star will strike our attention.

1842 Penny Cycl. XXII. 62 In the Mediterranean latitudes, and in antient times, it was observed that the unhealthy and oppressive period coincided with the heliacal rising of the dog-star. We say the dog-star, without specifying whether it was Sirius or Procyon; it is uncertain which it was.

1912 Times 22 Mar. 6/6 Professor Pickering..photographed it on March 14th, when it was of the type represented by Procyon, the lesser Dog-star.

1926 Sci. News Let. 20 Mar. 8 Sirius, the Dog-Star, which shines brilliantly in the southwestern sky in early April evenings.

2004 S. McHugh Dog i. 43 The Greeks saw Orion, the great celestial hunter, as followed by his two hounds, Sirius (the Greater Dog-star) and Procyon (the Lesser Dog-star).

单词	lesser dog star
释义	> as lemmas Lesser Dog Star 1. (More fully Greater Dog Star) Sirius, the brightest star in the sky and in the constellation Canis Major (the Great Dog). Also (more fully Lesser Dog Star): Procyon, the brightest star in the constellation Canis Minor (the Lesser Dog).The ‘influence’ of these stars, or of one of them, when rising around the time of sunrise, was formerly thought to cause excessive heat and other harmful effects; see dog day n. 1a. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > star > kind of star > small star > [noun] > dwarf > Sirius Siriusc1374 canicularc1420 Dog Star1558 Orion's hound1590 Orion's dog1676 1558 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Seuen First Bks. Eneidos iii. sig. G.i The dog starre vp doth ryse, the soyle for heat of sonne doth frye. 1579 E. K. in E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. July 21 Gloss. The Dogge starre, which is called Syrius, or Canicula reigneth. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 24 The Lustrum or computation of the fiue yeares beginneth at the leap yere, when the Dogstar doth arise. 1649 J. Napier Bloody Almanack 4 The lesser Dog Star now arising, shewes that the mungrells of the —— shall not very well agree. 1692 M. Prior Ode Imitation Horace iii. ii. 26 Beneath the dog-star's raging heat. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics ii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 85 The Dog-star cleaves the thirsty Ground. View more context for this quotation 1716 Worlidge's Compl. Syst. Husbandry & Gardening 437 Greater Dog-Star riseth with the Sun. 1761 Philos. Trans. 1760 (Royal Soc.) 51 499 The old authors mention the Dog star, which is now white, and not at all inclined to redness, as being then very much so. 1803 W. Frend Evening Amusements 26 By carrying the eye down the meridian from the Moon, a little to the east of the Meridian, the Lesser Dog Star will strike our attention. 1842 Penny Cycl. XXII. 62 In the Mediterranean latitudes, and in antient times, it was observed that the unhealthy and oppressive period coincided with the heliacal rising of the dog-star. We say the dog-star, without specifying whether it was Sirius or Procyon; it is uncertain which it was. 1912 Times 22 Mar. 6/6 Professor Pickering..photographed it on March 14th, when it was of the type represented by Procyon, the lesser Dog-star. 1926 Sci. News Let. 20 Mar. 8 Sirius, the Dog-Star, which shines brilliantly in the southwestern sky in early April evenings. 2004 S. McHugh Dog i. 43 The Greeks saw Orion, the great celestial hunter, as followed by his two hounds, Sirius (the Greater Dog-star) and Procyon (the Lesser Dog-star). extracted from Dog Starn. < as lemmas
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