sea-star

短语

词形变化

sea-stars 复数

别名

sea-starre

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A star used for navigation or guidance at sea.

    废旧

    1658: By the same number doth nature divide the circle of the Sea-Starre — Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus (Folio Society 2007, p. 188)

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

starfish

上位词 1

echinoderm

词源

From Middle English *sesterre, from Old English sǣsteorra (“a star which guides mariners at sea”), equivalent to sea + star.

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