constellation
美音:
[´kɔnstə´leıʃən
]英音:
[´kɔnstə´leıʃən
]n.星群,星座,灿烂的一群
难易程度:
constellation为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
形容词:constellational
词根
stell=star(星)
constellation
/,kɒnstə'leɪʃn; ,kɑnstə`leʃən/
n
1 named group of stars (eg the Great Bear) 星座(经命名的星群, 如大熊星座).
2 (fig 比喻) group of associated or similar people or things 相关的或相似的人群或事物
*a constellation of Hollywood talent 好莱坞的一群才俊.
constellation
n[C]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French;Origin:Late Latin constellatio, from Latin com- ( COM-) + stella 'star']
a group of stars that forms a particular pattern and has a name
a star in the constellation of Orion
a constellation of sth
literary a group of people or things that are similar
a constellation of ideas