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Definition of stargazer in English: stargazernoun ˈstɑːɡeɪzəˈstɑrˌɡeɪzər 1informal An astronomer or astrologer. 〈非正式〉天文学家；占星家 Example sentencesExamples - Nearly 2,000 stargazers from all over the country flocked to the Yorkshire Coast to see a sunrise that lived up to its expectations of being one of the most spectacular this century.
- Hubble has been not only a boon to the nation's scientific community as well as amateur stargazers but also to school children brought to science by its amazing, penetrating look into space.
- The recent launch of Kerry Astronomy Club has been very good news for all stargazers in the area.
- Cyber-boffins at the University of York have launched a new website to help stargazers get the best views of one of the most mind-blowing of all natural phenomena.
- Keen amateur stargazers gathered in York today to take the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to observe the transit of Venus across the face of the sun.
- Unlike other stargazers, my friend does not resort to performing calculations with birthdays and positions of planets or shuffling and reading tarot cards.
- The young stargazer's actions have been greeted with glee by Southampton astronomers who have long been campaigning for a clear night sky.
- If weather conditions prohibit viewing the space station, stargazers will have to be content with Venus which is renowned for its seasonal appearances.
- The telescopes will be available to the public on the first Friday of every month to give fledgling stargazers an insight into astronomy.
- The rugged interior of Tenerife is one of the best short-haul destinations for stargazers.
- That will be good news for the north west's stargazers.
- History will come full circle as stargazers from New Zealand head for Whitby to mark the astronomical achievements of Captain Cook and his ill fated Yorkshire astronomer, Charles Green.
- It will be used by astronomy club members and novice stargazers who will benefit from the forest's dark skies, unhindered by polluting street lights.
- One of the stargazers was solar astronomer, Professor John Parkinson, from Sheffield Hallam University in England.
- Hundreds of Sheffield stargazers rose with the larks yesterday to become some of the first in the city to see the planet passing between the Earth and the sun.
- Hundreds of stargazers had travelled as far north as Orkney and Shetland to witness the spectacular celestial event, but most were thwarted by clouds which obscured the rare phenomenon.
- Astronomers, astronauts, and old-fashioned stargazers will be on hand to help them explore the romance of the night sky.
- Hitler had lost some of his faith in stargazers after his deputy had used astrological charts to plan a flight to Britain that ended with him being incarcerated.
- Phillip Perkins, an astronomer from Ramsbury, near Swindon, received thousands of emails from stargazers across the world after he set up a special internet broadcast of the event using two telescopes in his back garden.
- A pioneering telescope that helped 18th century stargazers map the skies has returned to the East Yorkshire country home where it remained for two centuries.
2Australian informal A horse that turns its head when galloping. 〈澳，非正式〉飞奔时仰头的马 Example sentencesExamples - The small sail at the top of a mast was called a stargazer, and so is a Mediterranean fish with eyes set at the top of its head, and a horse that holds its head back.
3A fish of warm seas that normally lies buried in the sand with only its eyes, which are on top of the head, protruding. 瞻星鱼 a widely distributed fish that has electric organs (family Uranoscopidae: several genera). ('sand stargazer') a western Atlantic fish (family Dactyloscopidae: several genera). Example sentencesExamples - An ugly stargazer assumes its customary position half-buried in the sand
- We were rewarded with a stargazer, motionless on the bottom, waiting for its prey.
- A similar species is the stargazer, which has two venomous spines, one each side behind the gill covers.
- A closely related Mediterranean fish, with similar characteristics and uses, is Uranoscopus scaber, the stargazer, so called because its eyes look upwards even more markedly than those of the weevers.
- Emperor shrimp danced over sea cucumbers' backs and stargazers gazed into the blackness with their sad smiles.
- Dactyloscopids derive their common name, sand stargazers, from their eyes, which protrude from the tops of their heads, sometimes on stalks.
Derivativesverb ˈstɑːɡeɪzˈstɑrˌɡeɪz [no object]1Observe the stars. a telescope for stargazing through a retractable roof Example sentencesExamples - visitors can sunbathe and stargaze on the upper deck
- Or spend a more subdued evening stargazing through the telescope in your suite before getting cozy in front of the wood-burning fireplace.
- Take 43-year-old Linda Ransome - by day she is an IT consultant, but by night she can still be found stargazing.
- We lay on the drive stargazing and saw a shooting star.
- the town has been busy stargazing as British superstars jetted in for the grand finale
Definition of stargazer in US English: stargazernounˈstɑrˌɡeɪzərˈstärˌɡāzər 1informal An astronomer or astrologer. 〈非正式〉天文学家；占星家 Example sentencesExamples - The recent launch of Kerry Astronomy Club has been very good news for all stargazers in the area.
- That will be good news for the north west's stargazers.
- Astronomers, astronauts, and old-fashioned stargazers will be on hand to help them explore the romance of the night sky.
- A pioneering telescope that helped 18th century stargazers map the skies has returned to the East Yorkshire country home where it remained for two centuries.
- Hubble has been not only a boon to the nation's scientific community as well as amateur stargazers but also to school children brought to science by its amazing, penetrating look into space.
- Hitler had lost some of his faith in stargazers after his deputy had used astrological charts to plan a flight to Britain that ended with him being incarcerated.
- History will come full circle as stargazers from New Zealand head for Whitby to mark the astronomical achievements of Captain Cook and his ill fated Yorkshire astronomer, Charles Green.
- The young stargazer's actions have been greeted with glee by Southampton astronomers who have long been campaigning for a clear night sky.
- If weather conditions prohibit viewing the space station, stargazers will have to be content with Venus which is renowned for its seasonal appearances.
- Hundreds of Sheffield stargazers rose with the larks yesterday to become some of the first in the city to see the planet passing between the Earth and the sun.
- Phillip Perkins, an astronomer from Ramsbury, near Swindon, received thousands of emails from stargazers across the world after he set up a special internet broadcast of the event using two telescopes in his back garden.
- It will be used by astronomy club members and novice stargazers who will benefit from the forest's dark skies, unhindered by polluting street lights.
- The telescopes will be available to the public on the first Friday of every month to give fledgling stargazers an insight into astronomy.
- Cyber-boffins at the University of York have launched a new website to help stargazers get the best views of one of the most mind-blowing of all natural phenomena.
- Nearly 2,000 stargazers from all over the country flocked to the Yorkshire Coast to see a sunrise that lived up to its expectations of being one of the most spectacular this century.
- Keen amateur stargazers gathered in York today to take the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to observe the transit of Venus across the face of the sun.
- The rugged interior of Tenerife is one of the best short-haul destinations for stargazers.
- One of the stargazers was solar astronomer, Professor John Parkinson, from Sheffield Hallam University in England.
- Hundreds of stargazers had travelled as far north as Orkney and Shetland to witness the spectacular celestial event, but most were thwarted by clouds which obscured the rare phenomenon.
- Unlike other stargazers, my friend does not resort to performing calculations with birthdays and positions of planets or shuffling and reading tarot cards.
- 1.1 A daydreamer.
Example sentencesExamples - We would, stargazers predicted 10 years ago, control our computers by speaking to them: ‘Find me everything on daft predictions about speech recognition.’
- My teacher could not have understood it, for he was merely a stargazer and not a man of the art of languages.
- Dream chaser, stargazer, that's what I am and I've always known I'd come back home when I found my journey's end.
2A fish of warm seas that normally lies buried in the sand with only its eyes, which are on top of the head, protruding. 瞻星鱼 a widely distributed fish that has electric organs (family Uranoscopidae: several genera) ('sand stargazer') a western Atlantic fish (family Dactyloscopidae: several genera) Example sentencesExamples - Dactyloscopids derive their common name, sand stargazers, from their eyes, which protrude from the tops of their heads, sometimes on stalks.
- We were rewarded with a stargazer, motionless on the bottom, waiting for its prey.
- A closely related Mediterranean fish, with similar characteristics and uses, is Uranoscopus scaber, the stargazer, so called because its eyes look upwards even more markedly than those of the weevers.
- Emperor shrimp danced over sea cucumbers' backs and stargazers gazed into the blackness with their sad smiles.
- A similar species is the stargazer, which has two venomous spines, one each side behind the gill covers.
- An ugly stargazer assumes its customary position half-buried in the sand
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