Ursa Major
/ˌɜːsəˈmeɪdʒə(r)/1
- Astronomy one of the largest and most prominent northern constellations (the Great Bear)【天文】大熊星座。
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- The seven brightest stars form a familiar formation variously called the Plough, Big Dipper, or Charles's Wain, and include the Pointers北斗七星。
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- as genitive Ursae Majoris /ˌɜːsiːmæˈdʒɔrɪs/ used with preceding letter or numeral to designate a star in this constellation与其前面的字母或数字连用以标记该星座中的星大熊星座的：
the star Delta Ursae Majoris.
大熊座δ星。
词源
Latin, from the story in Greek mythology that the nymph Callisto was turned into a bear and placed as a constellation in the heavens by Zeus.