constellation
/kɒnstəˈleɪʃən/noun
1- a group of stars forming a recognizable pattern that is traditionally named after its apparent form or identified with a mythological figure. Modern astronomers divide the sky into eighty-eight constellations with defined boundaries.星座。
1.1
- figurative a group of associated or similar people or things〈喻〉群体：
no two patients ever show exactly the same constellation of symptoms.
没有两个病人会表现出完全相同的一组症状。
词源
Middle English （as an astrological term denoting the relative positions of the 'stars' (planets), supposed to influence events）： via Old French from late Latin constellatio（n-）, based on Latin stella 'star'.