syzygy
英 ['sɪzɪdʒɪ]
美['sɪzədʒi]
→向右滑动查看更多×
- 释义
- 词态变化
- 中文词源
- 英文词源
- 英英释意
释义
词态变化
复数: syzygies;
中文词源
syzygy 会合，朔望
sy-,一起，-zyg,连接，词源同 zygote,join,yoke.用于天文学术语指会合，朔望。
英文词源
- syzygy (n.)
- "conjunction or opposition of a heavenly body with the sun," 1650s, from Late Latin syzygia, from Greek syzygia "yoke of animals, pair, union of two, conjunction," from syzygein "to yoke together," from assimilated form of syn- "together" (see syn-) + zygon "yoke" (see jugular). Related: Syzygial; Syzygiacal; Syzygetic.
英英释意
- 1. the straight line configuration of 3 celestial bodies (as the sun and earth and moon) in a gravitational system