Sirius

英 ['si?ri?s] 美

暢通詞匯

Sirius (n.): brightest star by magnitude, late 14c., from Latin Sirius "the Dog Star," from Greek Seirios, said to mean literally "scorching" or "the scorcher." But other related Greek words seem to derive from this use, and the name might be a folk-etymologized borrowing from some other language. An Egyptian name for it was Sothis. The connection of the star with scorching heat is from its ancient heliacal rising at the summer solstice (see dog days). Also see dog star. Related: Sirian. The constellation Canis Major seems to have grown from the star, not the other way.
Homer made much of it as [Kyon], but his Dog doubtless was limited to the star Sirius, as among the ancients generally till, at some unknown date, the constellation was formed as we have it, -- indeed till long afterwards, for we find many allusions to the Dog in which we are uncertain whether the constellation or its lucida is referred to. [Richard Hinckley Allen, Canis Major in "Star Names and Their Meanings," London: 1899]

1. In the year 296,036 , Voyager 2 will pass within 4.3 lightyears of Sirius.: 在296036年, “旅行者2號”將在4.3光年的距離范圍內通過天狼星.

4. You don't think that Grim thing's got anything to do with Sirius Black?: 你們不認為這個預兆和小天狼星布萊克有關嗎 ?

5. Sirius appears in the wedding pictures as a happy, laughing young man.: 在照片上年輕的小天狼星一付陶醉的樣子, 開心地笑著.