aurora
[?'r?r?]
- n. [地物] 極光；曙光
GRETOEFL暢通詞匯
詞態變化
復數:?aurorae;? auroras;
英文詞源
- aurora (n.)
- late 14c., from Latin Aurora, the Roman goddess of dawn, from PIE *ausus- "dawn," also the name of the Indo-European goddess of the dawn, from root *aus- (1) "to shine," especially of the dawn (cognates: Greek eos "dawn," auein "to dry, kindle;" Sanskrit usah, Lithuanian ausra "dawn;" Latin auster "south wind," usum "to burn;" Old English east "east").
雙語例句
- 1. Aurora felt the opium haze enfold her.
- 奧蘿拉感覺自己被籠罩在鴉片煙霾中。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. And wooed on Coosa's side Aurora's beam.
- 我見過庫薩山巔晨曦的分娩.
來自英漢文學 - 湯姆歷險
- 3. The aurora is one of nature's most awesome spectacles.
- 極光是自然界最可畏的奇觀之一.
來自辭典例句
- 4. In the northeast a silvergreen serpentine aurora pulsed and quivered gently.
- 銀綠色,長蛇似的極光,在東北方很文靜地翕張、顫動.
來自辭典例句
- 5. Over the polar regions we should see aurora.
- 在極地高空,我們會看到極光.
來自辭典例句