136. The term "dog days of summer" was coined by the ancient Greeks and Romans to describe the hottest days of summer that coincided with the rising of the Dog Star, Sirius. 137. Alexander the Great is said to have founded and named a city Peritas, in memory of his dog. 138. In ...
除了狗意外其他所有生物都进入沉睡的时刻。 还有种说法称dog watch源自天狼星Sirius, 即dog star,据称天狼星是夜晚能被人看到的第一颗星星。 最初,dog watch在航海相关的领域中指16:00到20:00之间的值班, 通常被分作两段, 第一段从16:00到18:00, ...
The term “dog days of summer” was coined by the ancient Greeks and Romans to describe the hottest days of summer that coincided with the rising of the Dog Star, Sirius.[3] Alexander the Great is said to have founded and named a city Peritas, in memory of his dog.[3] In ancient G...
据牛津英文词典所述,dog watch一词是从德语或荷兰语中的相似表达直接翻译过来的,最初是指在船上值夜,那个时间段刚好是(陆地上)除了狗意外其他所有生物都进入沉睡的时刻。 还有种说法称dog watch源自天狼星Sirius,即dog star,据称天狼星是夜晚能被人看到的第一颗星星。 最初,dog watch在航海相关的领域中指16:00...
典故3.Dog days 三伏天Dog days“三伏天”起源于古罗马时代，原来被写为“Dog Star Days(天狼星之日)”。因为每年的夏季，尤其是北半球的七八两月，天气异常闷热，而古罗马的天文学家们发现这一季节里，天狼星(Sirius或者Dog Star)总是在太阳升起之前出现，便 认为是天狼星给太阳增加了热量，才使得天气如此酷热...
还有种说法称dog watch源自天狼星Sirius,即dog star,据称天狼星是夜晚能被人看到的第一颗星星。 最初,dog watch在航海相关的领域中指16:00到20:00之间的值班,通常被分作两段,第一段从16:00到18:00,第二段从18:00到20:00,这样是为了避免哪一队人长时间值班。后来渐渐发展到其他领域,用来表示“值夜班”。
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They named this period of time, from 20 days before the conjunction to 20 days after, “dog days” after the dog star.The conjunction of Sirius with the sun varies somewhat with latitude. And the “precession of the equinoxes” (a gradual drifting of the constellations over time) means ...
Larger in size than the greyhound, the Scottish deerhound is docile and friendly, and prefers a great deal of exercise in large, open areas. A Scottish deerhound named Cleod was featured in two "Harry Potter" movies as the animagus, or animal form, of Sirius Black. ...