| 单词 | Hyades |
| 释义 | Hyades /huy"euh deez'/, n. (used with a pl. v.) 1. Astron. a group of stars comprising a moving cluster in the constellation Taurus, supposed by the ancients to indicate the approach of rain when they rose with the sun. 2. Class. Myth. a group of nymphs and sisters of the Pleiades who nurtured the infant Dionysus and were placed among the stars as a reward. Also, Hyads /huy"adz/. [1350-1400; ME Hiades < L < Gk, equiv. to hý(ein) to rain + -ades, pl. of -AS -AD] |
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