单词 | austral |
释义 | australadj. 1. Belonging to the south, southern; also, influenced by the south wind, warm and moist. austral signs n. the six signs of the zodiac from Libra to Pisces. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > direction > cardinal points > South > [adjective] southernOE southwardOE meridionalc1386 austral1398 southly1440 meridian?a1475 meridialc1540 southerly1556 southernly1591 southwardlyc1612 austrian1634 austrine1635 south'ard1671 fore-south1686 southwards1838 the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > hot weather > [adjective] > and moist austral?1541 mooth1768 mothery1866 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) xiii. xxvi. 459 Fysshe of that kynde that hyghte Austral aryse whan the sterres that hyght Pliades begynne to go doune. ?1541 R. Copland Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens ii. sig. Oj An australl day, that is to say hote and moyste. 1635 T. Heywood Hierarchie Blessed Angells iii. 185 If the Australl horne be any thing erected, it signifieth a South winde. 1881 J. C. Maxwell Treat. Electr. & Magnetism (ed. 2) II. 19 Austral magnetism is the imaginary magnetic matter which prevails in the southern regions of the earth. 2. Of or pertaining to Australia or Australasia. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Australasia > [adjective] Australasian1802 Australasiatic1816 austral1823 South Asian1827 1823 W. C. Wentworth Australasia 21 Grant that yet an Austral Milton's song..flow deep and rich along;—An Austral Shakspeare rise. 1835 Penny Cycl. III. 122/2 The Austral negroes may be considered as still living in the lowest state of civilization. 1855 W. Howitt Land, Labour & Gold I. 43 Every servant in this Austral Utopia thinks himself a gentleman. 1898 E. E. Morris (title) Austral English. A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases, and Usages. 1904 Westm. Gaz. 30 Mar. 7/2 The Austral Club at 44, Queen's House, St. James' Court, Buckingham Gate. 1912 (title) The Austral Avian Record. A scientific journal devoted primarily to the study of the Australian avifauna. 1967 S. I. Tucker Protean Shape 279 [In 1793] Austral English was barely born. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.1398 |
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