Venus

英 ['viːnəs] 美 ['viːnəs]

• n. 金星；[罗神]维纳斯

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 【罗神】维纳斯（爱和美的女神）
2. 【天】金星，太白星
3. 绝代佳人，美女，美人，极美的女郎
4. 情欲，性爱，色情
5. 维纳斯雕像
6. 【贝类】帘介属

英英释义

Noun:

1. the second nearest planet to the sun; it is peculiar in that its rotation is slow and retrograde (in the opposite sense of the Earth and all other planets except Uranus); it is visible from Earth as an early `morning star' or an `evening star';

   "before it was known that they were the same object the evening star was called Venus and the morning star was called Lucifer"
   

2. goddess of love; counterpart of Greek Aphrodite

3. type genus of the family Veneridae: genus of edible clams with thick oval shells

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. The scientists guess that Venus is lifeless.
   科学家猜测在金星上没有生命。
2. The main idea of this passage is about the importance of Venus to Earth.
   这篇文章的主要内容是金星对地球的重要性。
3. Information about Venus obtained by Russian probes has been published on some magazines.
   许多杂志发表了由俄国航天探测器获得的有关金星的信息。
4. This painting depicts the birth of Venus.
   这幅画描绘的是维纳斯的诞生。
5. The sculptor is working on a sculpture of Venus.
   那个雕刻家正在雕一个维纳斯雕像。

经典引文

• Another Venus, Botticelli's Venus with Mars.

  出自： L. Grant

词汇搭配

• Venus flytrap 捕蝇草

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