Pleiades

普勒阿得斯

发音

UK /ˈplaɪ.əˌdiːz/
US /ˈpliː.əˌdiz/
US /ˈpleɪ.əˌdiz/
US /ˈplaɪ.əˌdiz/

释义与例句

name
  1. 1.

    The "seven sisters", companions of Artemis and daughters of the Titan Atlas and the sea-nymph Pleione.

    普勒阿得斯

    宗教 神话 哲学
  2. 2.

    An open cluster of hot blue stars in the constellation Taurus, and the most easily visible such cluster from Earth.

    昴宿星团

    七姊妹星团

    昴宿团

    天文

词源

From Latin Pleiades, from Ancient Greek Πλειάδες (Pleiádes). In the astronomical sense, displaced Old English seofonstierre (literally “the seven stars”).

来源：wiktionary