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单词 Pleiades
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Definition of Pleiades in English:

Pleiades

proper nounˈplʌɪədiːzˈpliədiz
  • 1Greek Mythology
    The seven daughters of the Titan Atlas and the Oceanid Pleione, who were pursued by the hunter Orion until Zeus changed them into a cluster of stars.

    〔希腊神话〕普勒阿德斯(太阳神亚特拉斯跟海神普勒伊俄涅的七个女儿,为猎人俄里翁追猎,后来宙斯将他们化作了一个星群)

  • 2Astronomy
    A well-known open cluster of stars in the constellation Taurus. Six (or more) stars are visible to the naked eye but there are actually some five hundred present, formed very recently in stellar terms.

    〔天文〕昴星团。亦称SEVEN SISTERS

    Also called Seven Sisters

Origin

Via Latin from Greek.

Rhymes

Alcibiades, Hyades

Definition of Pleiades in US English:

Pleiades

proper nounˈpliədizˈplēədēz
  • 1Greek Mythology
    The seven daughters of the Titan Atlas and the Oceanid Pleione. They were pursued by the hunter Orion until Zeus changed them into a cluster of stars.

    〔希腊神话〕普勒阿德斯(太阳神亚特拉斯跟海神普勒伊俄涅的七个女儿,为猎人俄里翁追猎,后来宙斯将他们化作了一个星群)

  • 2Astronomy
    A well-known open cluster of stars in the constellation Taurus. Six (or more) stars are visible to the naked eye but there are actually some five hundred in the cluster, formed very recently in stellar terms.

    〔天文〕昴星团。亦称SEVEN SISTERS

    Also called Seven Sisters

Origin

Via Latin from Greek.

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