Horizon
[hə'raɪz(ə)n] or [hə'raɪzn]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) the range of interest or activity that can be anticipated; 'It is beyond the horizon of present knowledge'.
(noun.) the line at which the sky and Earth appear to meet.
(noun.) the great circle on the celestial sphere whose plane passes through the sensible horizon and the center of the Earth.
(noun.) a specific layer or stratum of soil or subsoil in a vertical cross section of land.
杰里米整理--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) The circle which bounds that part of the earth's surface visible to a spectator from a given point; the apparent junction of the earth and sky.
(n.) A plane passing through the eye of the spectator and at right angles to the vertical at a given place; a plane tangent to the earth's surface at that place; called distinctively the sensible horizon.
(n.) A plane parallel to the sensible horizon of a place, and passing through the earth's center; -- called also rational / celestial horizon.
(n.) The unbroken line separating sky and water, as seen by an eye at a given elevation, no land being visible.
(n.) The epoch or time during which a deposit was made.
(n.) The chief horizontal line in a picture of any sort, which determines in the picture the height of the eye of the spectator; in an extended landscape, the representation of the natural horizon corresponds with this line.
阿蒂整理
解釋/意思:
n. the circular line formed by the apparent meeting of the earth and sky—in astronomical phrase the sensible apparent or visible horizon as opposed to the astronomical true or rational horizon the circle formed by a plane passing through the centre of the earth parallel to the sensible horizon and produced to meet the heavens: (geol.) a stratum marked by the presence of a particular fossil not found in the overlying or underlying beds: any level line or surface: the limit of one's experience or apprehension.—adj. Horizon′tal pertaining to the horizon: parallel to the horizon: level: near the horizon: measured in a plane of the horizon.—n. Horizontal′ity.—adv. Horizon′tally.—Artificial horizon a small trough containing quicksilver the surface of which affords a reflection of the celestial bodies.
伊夫林整理
例句/造句/用法:
- My attention was quickly riveted by a large red star close to the distant horizon. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
- When the mighty luminary approached within a few degrees of the tempest-tossed horizon, suddenly, a wonder! 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- Mr. Lake developed an instrument suited to this purpose and one which gave a simultaneous view of the entire horizon. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- When Mr. Hale came in, Margaret went out, oppressed with gloom, and seeing no promise of brightness on any side of the horizon. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- Here he kept a great mass of wood, high piled, ready to be ignited as a signal should a steamer or a sail top the far horizon. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- But it does not lead to new perceptions of bearings and connections; it limits rather than widens the meaning-horizon. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- In the saddle --abroad on the plains--sleeping in beds bounded only by the horizon: fancy was at work with these things in a moment. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- I climbed a near tree: the level sands bounded by a pine forest, and the sea clipped round by the horizon, was all that I could discern. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- The above-mentioned highway traversed the lower levels of the heath, from one horizon to another. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- One temple is said to have been so constructed as to face that part of the eastern horizon at which this star arose at the critical season of inundation. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- She rose at nine that December night: above the horizon I saw her come. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- It seems as inevitable that voyaging should make men free in their minds as that settlement within a narrow horizon should make men timid and servile. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- The Electric Light is the brightest meteor that has flashed across the horizon of promise during the present century. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
- Common subject matter accustoms all to a unity of outlook upon a broader horizon than is visible to the members of any group while it is isolated. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- A modification of this was afterward used on the French Atlantic lines for making an artificial horizon to take observations for position at sea. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- But intellectual growth means constant expansion of horizons and consequent formation of new purposes and new responses. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- These gold and crystal moons rose on her vision over blue horizons waved in mounted lines. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
整理:凯瑟琳