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单词 zodiac
释义
zodiaczo‧di‧ac /ˈzəʊdiæk $ ˈzoʊ-/ noun Word Origin
WORD ORIGINzodiac
Origin:
1300-1400 French zodiaque, from Greek zoidiakos ‘animal figures’
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Firstly, look at a few maps of zodiacs already published to get a feeling for them.
  • He showed me the zodiac panelling, and Lucia's secret hiding-place.
  • His fees were petty and he didn't bleed his patients with leeches or use strange zodiac charts and stupid incantations.
  • She found that local legends and place names corresponded accurately with the particular sector of the zodiac where they were found.
  • Since Maltwood's discoveries were publicized, other zodiacs have been claimed.
  • The zodiac sign would give him a long life and happiness.
  • The goldfish is the rarely used thirteenth sign of the zodiac.
  • These are the characteristics of the International Stock Exchange's own Taurus programme rather than one of the signs of the zodiac.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
(=one of the 12 parts that this area is divided into) ‘Which sign of the zodiac were you born under?’ ‘Leo.’
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN
· The zodiac sign would give him a long life and happiness.
the zodiac an imaginary area through which the Sun, Moon, and planets appear to travel, which some people believe influences our livesastrologysign of the zodiac (=one of the 12 parts that this area is divided into) ‘Which sign of the zodiac were you born under?’ ‘Leo.’ horoscope
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