| 单词 | the stars |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe stars (a) A planet, star (sense 1a), or (zodiacal) constellation considered as influencing events and human affairs, the motion or position of which may be interpreted for giving advice or predicting the future. Usually in plural, now chiefly in the stars. Cf. to be born under a —— star at born adj. Phrases 4. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > heavenly body > as influence on mankind > [noun] starOE constellationc1320 sideration1590 the mind > mental capacity > disposition or character > [noun] > disposition as determined by stars starOE influence14.. star1603 constellationa1628 the world > the universe > heavenly body > as influence on mankind > [noun] > type of starOE birth star1550 ruler?1558 dominator1594 fortunate1615 prorogator1647 the mind > will > necessity > fate or destiny as determining events > [noun] > that which is ordained by fate > personal destiny or one's lot > viewed as determined by the stars starOE star1603 OE Ælfric Lives of Saints (Julius) (1881) I. 132 Se cræft sceolde wissian gewisslice be steorrum hwæt gehwilcum menn gelumpe on his lifes endebyrdnysse. OE Poenitentiale Pseudo-Egberti (Laud) ii. xxiii. 30 Swa hæðene men doð, þæt is þæt hi gelyfen on sunnan & on monan & on steorrena ryne & secen tida hwatunga hira þing to beginnenne. c1275 (?c1250) Owl & Nightingale (Calig.) (1935) 1321 Hwat canstu, wrecche þing, of storre? c1330 (?a1300) Arthour & Merlin (Auch.) (1973) l. 3553 (MED) In þe sterres he was þe best deuine. a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vii. l. 654 If men weren goode and wise..Thei scholden noght the sterres drede. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) iv. 675 As it wes vounderfull, perfay, How ony man throu steris may Knaw the thingis that ar to cum. 1516 St. Bridget (Pynson) in J. H. Blunt Mirror our Lady (1873) p. xlix The sykenes of this childe is nat of the sterres. 1542 A. Borde Compend. Regyment Helth iii. sig. B.iv Many thynges doth infect..the ayre, as the influence of sondry sterres. a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) i. i. 187 You were borne vnder a charitable starre . View more context for this quotation 1686 tr. J. Chardin Trav. Persia 19 What unlucky Star brought him to Constantinople. 1698 W. King Journey to London 25 There are people that can pick Pockets, and afterwards by Consulting the Stars, tell you who it was that did it. 1728 J. Thomson Spring 55 But happy They..Whom gentler Stars unite. 1786 S. Henley tr. W. Beckford Arabian Tale 21 He flattered himself that he might there read in the stars, which he went to consult, something more congruous to his wishes. 1839 T. Wright Ess. Lit. & Learning under Anglo-Saxons 66 When..the philosopher awoke, he discovered, by his knowledge of the stars, which way his scholar had fled. 1886 J. Ruskin Præterita I. x. 308 Another segment of my learning..might have had better consequence than ever came of it, had the stars so pleased. 1921 A. Huxley Crome Yellow ii. 13 Priscilla's days were spent in casting the horoscopes of horses, and she invested her money scientifically, as the stars dictated. 1969 Salina (Kansas) Jrnl. 21 Jan. 4/2 But, come Sunday I discovered the stars had foretold right. 2011 I. Cudalb My Daughter Amer. 59 It was meant to be, aunt. It was written in the stars. < as lemmas |
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