| 单词 |
Pisces |
| 释义 |
‖ Pisces, n. (and a.)|ˈpaɪsiːz, ˈpɪsiːz|
Also 4 pissis, 5 pisshes, pysces.
[L. piscēs, pl. of piscis fish.]
1. a. Astron. The twelfth zodiacal constellation, the Fishes; also the twelfth sign of the Zodiac (originally coincident with the constellation), which the sun enters about the 20th of February.
c1391Chaucer Astrol. ii. §40 Also the degree..was in the furst degree of pisces. c1400Destr. Troy 4039 The sun..Passyng fro pisshes vnder playn course. 1797Encycl. Brit. (ed. 3) II. 532/2 On the parallel of London, as much of the ecliptic rises about Pisces and Aries in two hours as the moon goes through in six days. 1868Lockyer Elem. Astron. vii. 265 In the time of Hipparchus—2000 years ago—the Sun at the vernal equinox was in the constellation Aries; now-a-days it is in the constellation Pisces.
b. A person born under the zodiacal sign Pisces. Also attrib. or as adj.
1924C. E. O. Carter Conc. Encycl. Psychol. Astrol. 142 Cancer and Pisces people are often retiring and shy among strangers. 1936‘J. Tey’ Shilling for Candles vii. 64 One does not expect a Pisces person to have either the vision or the faith. 1969‘V. Packer’ Don't rely on Gemini (1970) i. 1 Would a Pisces get along with a Capricorn? Ibid. xviii. 159 We're both Pisces like Elizabeth Taylor. 1972D. Bloodworth Any Number can Play xii. 101 You're Pisces, darling... The lucky things for Pisces people are silver, bloodstone, and number seven. 1973L. Meynell Fatal Flaw ii. 20 The fellow turned out to be Pisces. An unreliable lot the Pisces. 1976Woman 1 May 56/1 Intuition and sixth sense are passwords for Pisces, and this week you should virtually live by them, for safety's sake.
2. Zool. Fishes, as a Class of Vertebrata.
1841–71T. R. Jones Anim. Kingd. (ed. 4) xxv. heading, Pisces (fishes). 1873J. Geikie Gt. Ice Age 525 Class: Pisces. |
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