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单词 ceres
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
Ce•res  (sērēz),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Mythologya pre-Roman goddess of agriculture under whose name the Romans adopted the worship of the Greek goddess Demeter.
  2. Astronomythe first asteroid to be discovered, being the largest and one of the brightest.
  3. Place Namesa town in central California. 13,281.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
cere1  (sēr),USA pronunciation n. [Ornith.]
  1. Birdsa fleshy, membranous covering of the base of the upper mandible of a bird, esp. a bird of prey or a parrot, through which the nostrils open.
  • Latin
  • Medieval Latin cēra literally, wax
  • earlier sere, spelling, spelled variant of *cere 1480–90
cered, adj. 
cereless, adj. 

cere2  (sēr),USA pronunciation v.t., cered, cer•ing. 
  1. [Archaic.]to wrap in or as if in a cerecloth, esp. a corpse.
  2. [Obs.]to wax.
  • Latin cērāre to wax, verb, verbal derivative of cēra wax
  • late Middle English ceren 1375–1425

Cer.E., 
  1. Ceramic Engineer.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
Ceres /ˈsɪəriːz/ n
  1. the Roman goddess of agriculture
    Greek counterpart: Demeter
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
cere /sɪə/ n
  1. a soft waxy swelling, containing the nostrils, at the base of the upper beak in such birds as the parrot
Etymology: 15th Century: from Old French cire wax, from Latin cēra
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