Betelgeuse
/ˌbiːtəlˈdʒɜːz/(亦作Betelgeux)
noun
- Astronomy the tenth-brightest star in the sky, in the constellation Orion. It is a red supergiant, and variations in its brightness are associated with pulsations in its outer envelope.【天文】参宿四, 猎户座α星。
词源
French， alteration of Arabic yad al-jauzā 'hand of the giant' (the giant being Orion).