solstice
英['s?lst?s]
美['sɑlst?s]
- n. 至，至日；至點
詞態變化
復數:?solstices;
中文詞源
solstice 至點，夏至或冬至
sol,太陽，-st,站住，停止，詞源同 stand,-ice,名詞后綴。字面意思即太陽停止的地方，用于指 夏至（北回歸線）或冬至（南回歸線）。
英文詞源
- solstice
- solstice: see solar
- solstice (n.)
- mid-13c., from Old French solstice (13c.), from Latin solstitium "point at which the sun seems to stand still," especially the summer solstice, from sol "sun" (see sol) + past participle stem of sistere "to come to a stop, make stand still" (see assist (v.)). In early use, Englished as sunstead (late Old English sunstede).
雙語例句
- 1. The days begin to draw in after the summer solstice.
- 夏至之后白天開始變短.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 2. The days begin to draw out after the winter solstice.
- 冬至以后,白天漸漸變長.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. Tomorrow will be the Summer Solstice.
- 明天就交夏至了.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 4. The days get shorter after the Summer Solstice.
- 過了夏至,天就開始變短.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 5. There is the time of the summer solstice an astronomical twilight lasting throughout the whole night.
- 夏至時天文晨昏蒙影持續整夜.
來自辭典例句