“Canopus”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

Canopus

释义

‖ Canopus|kəˈnəʊpəs|
[L., a. Gr. κάνωπος.]
1. The bright star α in the southern constellation Argo, situated in the rudder of the ship.
1555Eden Decades W. Ind. (Arb.) 278 When these are hydden, there is seene on the lefte syde a bryght Canopus of three starres of notable greatness..In the myddest of these is seene an other bryght Canopus.1830Tennyson Dream Fair Women 146 We drank the Libyan Sun to sleep, and lit Lamps which out-burn'd Canopus.
2. = Canopic vase.
1836Penny Cycl. VI. 244/2 Canopus is also the name of an Egyptian jar.1857Birch Anc. Pottery (1858) II. 204 The canopos or jar resembling those in which the Egyptians placed the entrails of their mummies.Ibid. (1873) 593.

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