单词 | sign of the zodiac |
释义 | sign of the zodiacSEE SYNONYMS FOR sign of the zodiac ON THESAURUS.COM noun Astrology.one of the twelve constellations along the path of the ecliptic. (in contemporary Western astrology) one of the twelve divisions of the ecliptic, each consisting of 30 degrees, marked off from the point of the vernal equinox. Origin of sign of the zodiacFirst recorded in 1865–70 Words nearby sign of the zodiacsign language, sign manual, sign of aggregation, sign-off, sign of the cross, sign of the zodiac, sign-on, sign one's own death warrant, sign on the dotted line, signor, signora Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for sign of the zodiacsign of the zodiac nounany of the 12 equal areas, 30° wide, into which the zodiac can be divided, named after the 12 zodiacal constellations. In astrology, it is thought that a person's psychological type and attitudes to life can be correlated with the sign in which the sun lay at the moment of his birth, with the ascendant sign, and to a lesser extent with the signs in which other planets lay at this timeAlso called: sign, star sign, sun sign See also planet (def. 3), house (def. 9) Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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