Cosmogony

[kɒz'mɒgənɪ] or [kɑz'mɑɡəni]

解释:

(n.) The creation of the world or universe; a theory or account of such creation; as, the poetical cosmogony of Hesoid; the cosmogonies of Thales, Anaxagoras, and Plato.

手打:玛丽安

解释:

n. the theory of the origin of the universe and its inhabitants—also Cosmog′eny.—adjs. Cosmogonet′ic; Cosmog′onal Cosmogon′ic -al relating to cosmogony.—n. Cosmog′onist one who speculates on the origin of the universe.

校对:佩里