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

b. In designations (sometimes humorous or derogatory) of an astrologer or astronomer, as star-catcher, star-clerk, star man, star-master, starmonger, star-peeper, etc. See also star-shooter n. at Compounds 5, star finder n. (a) at Compounds 5.Particularly common in 17th cent. [Compare e.g. Middle Low German stērnkīker, lit. ‘star-looker’, Middle High German sternbiduiter, lit. ‘star-interpreter’, sternpfaffe, lit. ‘star cleric’, sternseher, lit. ‘star-seer’, all in sense ‘astrologer’.]

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OE Latin-Old Eng. Gloss. (Domitian A.i) in A. S. Napier Old Eng. Glosses (1900) 220/2 Mathematici, steorwigleras.

1575 G. Gascoigne Fruites of Warre xv, in Posies sig. Hii^v If Mars mooue warre, as Starcoonners can tel.

1583 P. Stubbes Second Pt. Anat. Abuses sig. H7^v As these foolish starre tooters promised.

1600 B. Jonson Every Man out of his Humor iii. ii. sig. K^v These star-monger knaues, who would trust 'hem?

1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. iii. 91 If at the least Star-Clarkes be credit-worth.

1620 J. Melton Astrologaster 24 Hearing a Starre-catcher make a long..discourse about the Celestiall Signes.

1654 T. Gataker Disc. Apol. 4 So would I fain know of this great Star-master, how it comes to pass, that [etc.].

1678 Quacks Acad. 6 You must either pretend to be Waterologers, or Ass-trologers, or Piss-prophets, or Starr-Wizards.

a1714 B. Tompson Poems (1980) 133 This prodigious stroke of Cruell fate..proves Star-prophets sometimes in the darke.

1756 B. Bright's New Jrnl. 6 We have..introduced important Matters, overlooked by former Starmongers.

1836 R. Furness Astrologer ii, in Wks. (1858) 149 Which brought the star-man to the realms below.

1877 C. W. Shields Final Philos. iii. 110 Luther..denounced the star-peepers and horoscope mongers who plead Scripture authority for their haphazard work and idolatry.

1904 S. Dill Rom. Society iv. i. 447 Augustus himself received a similar forecast from Theagenes, a star-reader of Apollonia.

1963 J. Needham in A. C. Crombie Sci. Change v. 146 Nothing from Greece, only the nova, comet and meteor lists of China's star-clerks.

2011 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 15 Jan. a11 Monty Taylor, a veteran star man from Manhattan, said he and other astrologers were e-mailing.

单词	star-clerk
释义	> as lemmas star-clerk b. In designations (sometimes humorous or derogatory) of an astrologer or astronomer, as star-catcher, star-clerk, star man, star-master, starmonger, star-peeper, etc. See also star-shooter n. at Compounds 5, star finder n. (a) at Compounds 5.Particularly common in 17th cent. [Compare e.g. Middle Low German stērnkīker, lit. ‘star-looker’, Middle High German sternbiduiter, lit. ‘star-interpreter’, sternpfaffe, lit. ‘star cleric’, sternseher, lit. ‘star-seer’, all in sense ‘astrologer’.] ΚΠ OE Latin-Old Eng. Gloss. (Domitian A.i) in A. S. Napier Old Eng. Glosses (1900) 220/2 Mathematici, steorwigleras. 1575 G. Gascoigne Fruites of Warre xv, in Posies sig. Hii^v If Mars mooue warre, as Starcoonners can tel. 1583 P. Stubbes Second Pt. Anat. Abuses sig. H7^v As these foolish starre tooters promised. 1600 B. Jonson Every Man out of his Humor iii. ii. sig. K^v These star-monger knaues, who would trust 'hem? View more context for this quotation 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. iii. 91 If at the least Star-Clarkes be credit-worth. 1620 J. Melton Astrologaster 24 Hearing a Starre-catcher make a long..discourse about the Celestiall Signes. 1654 T. Gataker Disc. Apol. 4 So would I fain know of this great Star-master, how it comes to pass, that [etc.]. 1678 Quacks Acad. 6 You must either pretend to be Waterologers, or Ass-trologers, or Piss-prophets, or Starr-Wizards. a1714 B. Tompson Poems (1980) 133 This prodigious stroke of Cruell fate..proves Star-prophets sometimes in the darke. 1756 B. Bright's New Jrnl. 6 We have..introduced important Matters, overlooked by former Starmongers. 1836 R. Furness Astrologer ii, in Wks. (1858) 149 Which brought the star-man to the realms below. 1877 C. W. Shields Final Philos. iii. 110 Luther..denounced the star-peepers and horoscope mongers who plead Scripture authority for their haphazard work and idolatry. 1904 S. Dill Rom. Society iv. i. 447 Augustus himself received a similar forecast from Theagenes, a star-reader of Apollonia. 1963 J. Needham in A. C. Crombie Sci. Change v. 146 Nothing from Greece, only the nova, comet and meteor lists of China's star-clerks. 2011 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 15 Jan. a11 Monty Taylor, a veteran star man from Manhattan, said he and other astrologers were e-mailing. extracted from starn.¹ < as lemmas
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