Meridian
[mə'rɪdɪən]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) an imaginary great circle on the surface of the earth passing through the north and south poles at right angles to the equator; 'all points on the same meridian have the same longitude'.
(noun.) a town in eastern Mississippi.
(adj.) of or happening at noon; 'meridian hour' .
整理:康拉德--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(a.) Being at, or pertaining to, midday; belonging to, or passing through, the highest point attained by the sun in his diurnal course.
(a.) Pertaining to the highest point or culmination; as, meridian splendor.
(a.) Midday; noon.
(a.) Hence: The highest point, as of success, prosperity, or the like; culmination.
(a.) A great circle of the sphere passing through the poles of the heavens and the zenith of a given place. It is crossed by the sun at midday.
(a.) A great circle on the surface of the earth, passing through the poles and any given place; also, the half of such a circle included between the poles.
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同義詞及近義詞：
n. [1]. Noon, noontide, mid-day, twelve o'clock.[2]. Summit, culmination.
校對:苏西
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Zenith, summit, culmination, height, apex, acme, pinnacle
ANT:Nadir, depth, depression, profundity, base
克莱儿整理
解釋/意思:
adj. pertaining to midday: being on the meridian or at midday: raised to the highest point.—n. midday: a midday dram: the highest point as of success: an imaginary circle on the earth's surface passing through the poles and any given place: (astron.) an imaginary circle passing through the poles of the heavens and the zenith of the spectator which the sun crosses at midday.—adj. Merid′ional pertaining to the meridian: southern: having a southern aspect.—n. Meridional′ity.—adv. Merid′ionally.—Meridian splendour fullest point of brightness; Meridian sun the sun at its full height as at midday.—First meridian the meridian passing through Greenwich from which longitudes are measured east or west; Magnetic meridian (see Magnetic).
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例句/造句/用法:
- In the very meridian of the night's enjoyment, about an hour after tea, a rap was heard at the door. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- Mr. Rochester, I have just discovered the sun is far declined from its meridian, and Pilot is actually gone home to his dinner. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- He determined, therefore, to move directly upon Meridian. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- If the altitude and the transit through the meridian were to be taken at the same time the four directi ons were to be followed. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- She convoyed Donne past his dread enemy Tartar, who, with his nose on his fore paws, lay snoring under the meridian sun. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- He entered Meridian on the 14th of the month, the enemy having retreated toward Demopolis, Alabama. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- And when we come to speak of beauty, this sea is no more to be compared to Tahoe than a meridian of longitude is to a rainbow. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- With its concavity toward the southern sky it was closely comparable, though reverse, to the celestial meridian throughout its length from horizon to zenith. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- In iron ships the amount of deviation depends upon the direction, with regard to the magnetic meridian, in which the ship lay when being built. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- When people speak of deviation of the compass they mean the difference of a ship’s compass from the magnetic meridian, caused by the near presence of iron. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- USED TO OBTAIN CORRECT LOCAL TIME, BY OBSERVING THE PASSAGE OF STARS ACROSS THE MERIDIAN] 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- The lines thus marked, if produced, will form meridians, all coming together at the poles. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
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