| 单词 | zenith star |
| 释义 | > as lemmaszenith star zenith star n. ΚΠ 1589 P. Jones tr. A. Meyer Certaine Instr. Gentlemen ii. 4 The Zenith, or Verticall starre , which is the point of the firmament directly ouer a mans head, wheresoeuer he standeth. 1709 G. Keith Geogr. & Navigation Compleated 10 A small Prick with the Point of a small Needle, through your proper Zenith Star or Point in the Celestial Planisphere, would make a particular Impression or Mark upon the Place or City in the Terrestrial Planisphere. 1817 P. B. Shelley Laon & Cythna vii. xx. 166 When zenith-stars were trembling on the wave. 1903 T. Hardy Dynasts i. v. v This Trafalgar Will..Pitt exalt As zenith-star of England's firmament. 2013 D. Scarr Hist. of Pacific Islands ii. iii. 31 The position of any island can be fixed by identifying its zenith star. < as lemmas |
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