| 单词 | starcraft |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstarcraft a. With reference to knowledge of astrology or astronomy, as starcraft, star lore, etc.; star-read, star-skilled, etc., adjs. [Compare Middle High German sternkunst astrology.] ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prisoner > [noun] > first timer starOE fresh fish1623 star1903 stooge1930 OE Aldhelm Glosses (Brussels 1650) in L. Goossens Old Eng. Glosses of MS Brussels, Royal Libr. 1650 (1974) 486 Astrologiam : steorwigl, cursum astrorum. c1275 (?c1250) Owl & Nightingale (Calig.) (1935) 1318 Þe mon mot beo wel storre wis [a1300 Jesus Oxf. sturre wis]. 1573 R. Lever Arte of Reason i. i. 6 The arte of measuring, witcrafte, speachcraft, starre-craft, &c. 1602 W. Warner Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) xiii. lxxvii. 319 Obseruing which of Images, he hous'd himselfe them in, And, star-skil'd, opportunely there did Oracles begin. 1610 J. Healey tr. J. L. Vives in tr. St. Augustine Citie of God xviii. viii. 667 That star-skil that Abraham taught the Phænicians. 1764 ‘C. Morell’ Tales Genii I. vi. 221 The Star-read Philosopher Nezraken. 1832 S. L. Fairfield Last Night of Pompeii 6 Star-skilled eyes Of the Captivity's prophetic eld. 1871 E. B. Tylor Primitive Culture II. 402 Our astronomers may only find in the starcraft of the lower races an uninstructive combination of myth and common-place. 1961 Bakersfield Californian 22 Mar. 31/4 The only time I got to practice my woodsmanship (and star knowledge) was at summer camp. 2008 Santa Fe New Mexican (Nexis) 19 June d1 I shared a bit of star lore to explain why Scorpius and Orion are never seen in the sky at the same time. < as lemmas |
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