| 单词 | the luminaries |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe luminaries a. A natural light-giving body, esp. a celestial body; pre-eminently applied to the sun or the moon. †the luminaries often = the sun and moon. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > heavenly body > [noun] candle937 lightOE starsc1225 ballc1300 bodya1398 celestinec1430 heavenly bodya1475 luminair1477 luminary1489 streamer1513 host or hosts of heaven1535 globe1555 orb1565 sphere1598 planet1640 superstar1910 the world > the universe > sun > [noun] > sun and moon the luminaries1489 the world > matter > light > naturally occurring light > [noun] > natural light-giving body luminary1489 1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes iv. xvii. 279 The golde representeth the sonne whiche is a right noble lumynarye. 1559 W. Cuningham Cosmogr. Glasse 11 Imagining the luminaries to haue their course vnder all the other Planetes. 1615 T. Tomkis Albumazar v. i. sig. K2v Search your Natiuitie: see if the Fortunates And Luminaries bee in a good Aspect. 1665 R. Boyle Occas. Refl. Introd. Pref. sig. a7 For though the Starrs cannot, the Luminaries can, cloath the..vapours of the Ayr, with the colour of Gold, and of Roses. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iii. 576 Where the great Luminarie Alooff the vulgar Constellations thick,..Dispenses Light from farr. View more context for this quotation 1668 R. Boyle in Philos. Trans. 1667 (Royal Soc.) 2 606 Both of them [rotten Wood and burning Coal] are Luminaries, that is, give Light. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth I. 8 All other planets that depend upon our great luminary for their support. 1820 W. Scott Abbot I. i. 11 The level surface of the lake..was gilded with the beams of the setting luminary. 1881 R. Routledge Pop. Hist. Sci. i. 15 Pythagoras conceived the planets to revolve around the central luminary. < as lemmas |
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