单词 | cardinal sign |
释义 | > as lemmascardinal sign a. Designating the two equinoctial and two solstitial points (see cardinal point n. 3); of or relating to these points, spec. designating the signs of the zodiac in which they are situated (Aries, Cancer, Libra, and Capricorn), esp. in cardinal sign. ΚΠ a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. viii. ix. 461 Among þise xiie. signes foure beþ cardinal signes [L. cardinalia]..as Cancer hiest and Capricornus lowest, Aries and Libra in þe middel. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica vi. iii. 284 The cardinall intersections of the Zodiack. 1830 W. Hales New Anal. Chronol. (ed. 2) II. 56 (note) A Thesis..stating that Chimah and Chesil, corresponded to the Pleiades and Scorpio, and were the cardinal constellations of spring and autumn, in Job's time. 2004 W. Noah Astrol. of Amer. iv. 96 A self-starting sense of direction gives the Cardinal zodiacal signs an inclination to lead things. < as lemmas |
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