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单词 sun-like
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sun-likeadv.adj.

Brit. /ˈsʌnlʌɪk/, U.S. /ˈsənˌlaɪk/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: sun n.1, -like suffix.
Etymology: < sun n.1 + -like suffix.
A. adv.
In or after the manner of the sun; so as to resemble the sun.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the universe > sun > [adverb]
sun-likea1586
sunwise1877
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Astrophel & Stella (1591) 3 If no vaile these braue beames did disguise, They Sun-like would more dazell than delight.
1640 N. Richards Trag. Messallina iii. i. sig. D3v Sun-like your vertues outshine purest gold.
1731 H. Travers Misc. Poems & Transl. 54 Sun-like th'unshaken Orbs disdain'd to roll, And with a fix'd Effulgence throng'd the Pole.
1819 P. B. Shelley Cenci v. iii. 93 That eternal honour which should live Sunlike, above the reek of mortal fame.
1931 Berkeley (Calif.) Daily Gaz. 26 May 9/2 They are victories whose triumphs last... Sunlike, their splendor heals the halt and blind.
2009 J. Munck in D. Amory P. Bonnard 72 The orange rims of the plates shine sunlike.
B. adj.
1. Resembling or reminiscent of the sun in appearance; esp. as bright or radiant as the sun.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the universe > sun > [adjective] > resembling
sun-like?1593
Titanian1602
titanic1656
soliform1678
solar1754
the world > matter > light > naturally occurring light > [adjective] > of or relating to sunlight > as bright as the sun
sunnisha1413
sunnyc1500
sun-bright1579
sunshiny1590
sun-like?1593
sunbeamed1598
sunshining1629
sun-clad1637
sunbeamy1821
?1593 G. Fletcher Licia 40 Let your heaven, a sun-like smile but give.
1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 iii. ii. 79 No extraordinary gaze. Such as is bent on sun-like maiestie. View more context for this quotation
?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads xxii. 273 His shield cast a Sun-like radiance.
1642 H. More Ψυχωδια Platonica sig. L4 This sight of double Sunlike motion.
1782 W. Roberts Thoughts upon Creation 22 Palestine and Phœnicia..diffused a sun-like influence to all the settlements of mankind.
a1822 P. B. Shelley Witch of Atlas lxiv, in Posthumous Poems (1824) 50 And she saw princes couched under the glow Of sunlike gems.
1888 A. Rives Brother to Dragons 160 She keeps her sun-like eyes on his.
1993 J. Goodwin tr. M. Takeshi in Cambr. Hist. Japan I. vi. 345 In one Kojiki tale, his wife..was originally a red, sunlike jewel who was transformed into a beautiful woman.
2002 Times (Nexis) 24 Apr. Traces of the gilding that would have illuminated the bared skin, evoking the sun-like radiance of divinity and bringing good karma to the creator of the sculpture.
2. Of a celestial object: resembling the sun; esp. designating a star which is similar to the sun in size, age, composition, etc.
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1691 J. Ray Wisdom of God 2 Every fixt Star in the now received Hypothesis is a Sun or Sunlike body.
1705 G. Cheyne Philos. Princ. Nat. Relig. i. 32 These Sun-like Bodies in the Centers of the several Vortices.
1873 R. A. Proctor Expanse of Heaven 156 That these giant planets are still in the active and sun-like state necessary..for the expulsion of comets.
1947 Sci. News Let. 20 Dec. 397/1 The patches..were observed on the smaller, sun-like star of AR Lacertae.
1979 F. Dyson Disturbing the Universe xxiii. 250 If the weak interaction were much stronger or much weaker, any forms of life dependent on sunlike stars would again be in difficulties.
2004 Focus Feb. 9/1 At the centre is a small white dwarf star formed when the Sun-like star threw off its outer layers, to leave just its superhot core.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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