Taurus
英 ['t?:r?s]
美
- n. [天] 金牛座；金牛宮
中低頻詞暢通詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?Tauruses;
英文詞源
- Taurus (n.)
- zodiac constellation, late Old English, from Latin taurus "bull, bullock, steer," also the name of the constellation, from PIE *tau-ro- "bull" (cognates: Greek tauros, Old Church Slavonic turu "bull, steer;" Lithuanian tauras "aurochs;" Old Prussian tauris "bison"); from PIE *tauro- "bull," from root *(s)taeu- "stout, standing, strong" (cognates: Sanskrit sthura- "thick, compact," Avestan staora- "big cattle," Middle Persian stor "horse, draft animal," Gothic stiur "young bull," Old English steor, see steer (n.)); extended form of root *sta- "to stand" (see stet).
Klein proposes a Semitic origin (compare Aramaic tora "ox, bull, steer," Hebrew shor, Arabic thor, Ethiopian sor). Meaning "person born under the sign of the bull" is recorded from 1901.At midnight revels when the gossips met,
The Taurid meteors (peaking Nov. 20) so called from 1878.
He was the theme of their eternal chat:
This ask'd what form great Jove would next devise,
And when his godship would again Taurise?
[William Somerville, "The Wife," 1727]
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- 2. Taurus will only eat the finest of Swiss chocolates.
- 金牛座只會吃最好的瑞士巧克力.
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- 3. Anyone born between April 20 and May 20 is a Taurus.
- 在4月20日到5月20日之間出生的人都是金牛座.
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- 4. The Taurus father is the strongtype who will never let you down.
- 沉默寡言的金牛爸爸從來不會讓你失望.
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- 5. Taurus Zodiac Sign Silver Wire Ring ANY Size Free S & H !
- 金牛座 星座銀網(wǎng)戒指任何尺寸的無標小時!
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