| 单词 | sun chariot |
| 释义 | > as lemmassun chariot sun chariot n. (chiefly in classical, Norse, and Hindu mythology) the chariot in which the sun is said to be drawn across the sky (see sense 1b); (also) an image or representation of this; cf. sun horse n. ΚΠ 1832 T. Carlyle in Foreign Q. Rev. Aug. 16 Phaeton..had built no sun-chariot (could not build the simplest wheelbarrow), but could and would insist on driving one. 1901 J. F. Hewitt Mythmaking Age i. ii. 70 This latter episode of the Brihati Sāman legend was called in Vedic ritual that indicated by the Rathamtara or Ratha-tur..Sāman, that celebrating the revolution or returning (tur) of the sun chariot (ratha) from North to South. 1977 Hist. Relig. 17 115 The sun chariot from Trundholm,..a symbol of the sun and probably the cult figure of a shrine which was conducted from time to time in procession across the fields. 2016 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 14 Jan. 46/2 Clytie, whose love for Apollo was unrequited, gazes up yearningly at his sun chariot. < as lemmas |
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