单词 | planet |
释义 | Word Frequency planet(ˈplænɪt) noun 1. Also called: major planet any of the eight celestial bodies, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune, that revolve around the sun in elliptical orbits and are illuminated by light from the sun 2. Also called: extrasolar planet any other celestial body revolving around a star, illuminated by light from that star 3. astrology any of the planets of the solar system, excluding the earth but including the sun and moon, each thought to rule one or sometimes two signs of the zodiac See also house (sense 9) Word origin C12: via Old French from Late Latin planēta, from Greek planētēs wanderer, from planaein to wander |
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