horoscope

英 ['hɒrəskəʊp]美 ['hɔrəskop]
  • n. 占星术；星象；十二宫图
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助记提示

1、horo- + scop- + -e.
2、其实，就是根据你的出生时间(the hour/time of one's birth)，查看、观察当你出生时的星位(the position of the stars)，来推测、预测你的命运。

中文词源

horoscope 星象，占星术

来自希腊语hora,时间，词源同hour,-scope,看，词源同telescope.在古希腊时期占星家通过观测和计算一个人出生时的太阳，月亮，行星及其它有影响的天文因素和这些星体的方位角来推算一个人的命运走向。比较汉语生辰八字。

英文词源

horoscope
horoscope: see hour
horoscope (n.)
c.1050, horoscopus, from Latin horoscopus; the modern form is considered to be a mid-16c. reborrowing via Middle French horoscope. Ultimately from Greek horoskopos "nativity, horoscope," also "one who casts a horoscope," from hora "hour" (see year) + skopos "watcher; what is watched" (see scope (n.1)), in reference to the hour of one's birth.

双语例句

1. To draw up someone's horoscope, you need to know their date and exact time of birth.
要想用星相替人算命, 就得知道他们确切的出生日期和时辰.
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2. No animal of the horoscope is considered dumb or ugly or evil.
天宫图上的动物没有一种被认为是愚笨的或丑陋的或邪恶的.
来自辞典例句
3. Hundreds of factors are present in an individual horoscope map.
数以百计的因素参与到一个占星图里面.
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4. Venus governs two sectors of your horoscope: career and recreation.
金星管辖两个占星部门: 职业和娱乐活动.
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5. Millie is already f with the 12 animal signs of the Chinese horoscope.
米莉早已熟悉中国星象中的12个动物生肖.
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