英语词源
- Hyades
- star cluster in constellation Taurus, late 14c., from Greek Hyades, popularly explained as "rain-bringers" (from hyein "to rain"), because wet weather supposedly began coincidentally with their heliacal rising, but in fact probably from hys "swine" (the popular Latin word for them was Suculae "little pigs"). Grimm ("Teutonic Mythology") lists the Anglo-Saxon glosses of Hyades as Raedgastran, Raedgasnan, Redgaesrum.
权威例句
- 1. Pleiades are approximately 440 light - years away and the Hyades are about one - third that distance: 150 light - years .
- 昴星团(离地球)大约有440 光年 远,而毕星团则大约是此距离的 三分之一: 150 光年.
- 2. Most of the V is formed by an open cluster of stars, called the Hyades.
- 这个V字型大致是由一串星星组成的, 它们叫毕星云.