lodestar

n. 指示方向之星, 北极星, 指导原理

发音

UK /ˈləʊd.stɑː(ɹ)/
US /ˈloʊd.stɑɹ/
AU /ˈləʉd.staː(ɹ)/

词形变化

lodestars 复数 lodestars

别名

lode starre loadstar

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A star used as a navigation reference, particularly a pole star such as Polaris.

    指示方向之星

    北极星

    北辰

  2. 2.

    A guiding tenet or principle.

    指导原理

    比喻
  3. 3.

    A calculated amount to award as attorney's fees derived by multiplying the reasonable number of hours spent working on a case by the reasonable hourly billing rate.

    法律

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

loadstar

上位词 3

star example model

词源

From Middle English lode (“journey, course”) + star, where lode is an archaic noun from the verb lithe (“to go, journey”), related to lead. Other Middle English spellings include: 14th century loode sterre, lood-sterre, lade-sterne; and 15th century lode sterre. Cognate with Old Norse leiðarstjarna, Dutch leidster, German Leitstern, Danish ledestjerne, Swedish ledstjärna.

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