Venus 音标拼音: [v'inəs]
n . 维那斯,金星
维那斯,金星
Venus n 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 [
synonym :
{
Venus }, {
Urania }]
3 :
type genus of the family Veneridae :
genus of edible clams with thick oval shells [
synonym : {
Venus }, {
genus Venus }]
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n . [
L .
Venus , -
eris ,
the goddess of love ,
the planet Venus .]
1 . (
Class .
Myth .)
The goddess of beauty and love ,
that is ,
beauty or love deified .
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1913 Webster ]
2 . (
Anat .)
One of the planets ,
the second in order from the sun ,
its orbit lying between that of Mercury and that of the Earth ,
at a mean distance from the sun of about 67 ,
000 ,
000 miles .
Its diameter is 7 ,
700 miles ,
and its sidereal period 224 .
7 days .
As the morning star ,
it was called by the ancients {
Lucifer };
as the evening star ,
{
Hesperus }.
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1913 Webster ]
3 . (
Alchem .)
The metal copper ; --
probably so designated from the ancient use of the metal in making mirrors ,
a mirror being still the astronomical symbol of the planet Venus .
[
Archaic ]
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1913 Webster ]
4 . (
Zool .)
Any one of numerous species of marine bivalve shells of the genus {
Venus }
or family {
Veneridae }.
Many of these shells are large ,
and ornamented with beautiful frills ;
others are smooth ,
glossy ,
and handsomely colored .
Some of the larger species ,
as the round clam ,
or quahog ,
are valued for food .
[
1913 Webster ]
{
Venus '
s basin } (
Bot .),
the wild teasel ; --
so called because the connate leaf bases form a kind of receptacle for water ,
which was formerly gathered for use in the toilet .
Also called {
Venus '
s bath }.
{
Venus '
s basket } (
Zool .),
an elegant ,
cornucopia -
shaped ,
hexactinellid sponge ({
Euplectella speciosa })
native of the East Indies .
It consists of glassy ,
transparent ,
siliceous fibers interwoven and soldered together so as to form a firm network ,
and has long ,
slender ,
divergent anchoring fibers at the base by means of which it stands erect in the soft mud at the bottom of the sea .
Called also {
Venus '
s flower basket },
and {
Venus '
s purse }.
{
Venus '
s comb }.
(
a ) (
Bot .)
Same as {
Lady '
s comb }.
(
b ) (
Zool .)
A species of {
Murex } ({
Murex tenuispinus }).
It has a long ,
tubular canal ,
with a row of long ,
slender spines along both of its borders ,
and rows of similar spines covering the body of the shell .
Called also {
Venus '
s shell }.
{
Venus '
s fan } (
Zool .),
a common reticulated ,
fanshaped gorgonia ({
Gorgonia flabellum })
native of Florida and the West Indies .
When fresh the color is purple or yellow ,
or a mixture of the two .
{
Venus '
s flytrap }. (
Bot .)
See {
Flytrap },
2 .
{
Venus '
s girdle } (
Zool .),
a long ,
flat ,
ribbonlike ,
very delicate ,
transparent and iridescent ctenophore ({
Cestum Veneris })
which swims in the open sea .
Its form is due to the enormous development of two spheromeres .
See Illust .
in Appendix .
{
Venus '
s hair } (
Bot .),
a delicate and graceful fern ({
Adiantum Capillus -
Veneris })
having a slender ,
black and shining stem and branches .
{
Venus '
s hair stone } (
Min .),
quartz penetrated by acicular crystals of rutile .
{
Venus '
s looking -
glass } (
Bot .),
an annual plant of the genus {
Specularia }
allied to the bellflower ; --
also called {
lady '
s looking -
glass }.
{
Venus '
s navelwort } (
Bot .),
any one of several species of {
Omphalodes },
low boraginaceous herbs with small blue or white flowers .
{
Venus '
s pride } (
Bot .),
an old name for Quaker ladies .
See under {
Quaker }.
{
Venus '
s purse }. (
Zool .)
Same as {
Venus '
s basket },
above .
{
Venus '
s shell }. (
Zool .)
(
a )
Any species of Cypraea ;
a cowrie .
(
b )
Same as {
Venus '
s comb },
above .
(
c )
Same as {
Venus },
4 .
{
Venus '
s slipper }.
(
a ) (
Bot .)
Any plant of the genus {
Cypripedium }.
See {
Lady '
s slipper }.
(
b ) (
Zool .)
Any heteropod shell of the genus {
Carinaria }.
See {
Carinaria }.
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1913 Webster ]
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1913 Webster ]
124 Moby Thesaurus words for "
Venus ":
Adonis ,
Agdistis ,
Aldebaran ,
Amor ,
Aphrodite ,
Apollo ,
Apollo Belvedere ,
Apollon ,
Ares ,
Artemis ,
Astarte ,
Ate ,
Athena ,
Bacchus ,
Balder ,
Canicula ,
Ceres ,
Cleopatra ,
Cora ,
Cronus ,
Cupid ,
Cybele ,
Demeter ,
Despoina ,
Diana ,
Dionysus ,
Dis ,
Dog Star ,
Earth ,
Eros ,
Freya ,
Gaea ,
Gaia ,
Ge ,
Great Mother ,
Hades ,
Hebe ,
Helios ,
Hephaestus ,
Hera ,
Here ,
Hermes ,
Hesper ,
Hesperus ,
Hestia ,
Hymen ,
Hyperion ,
Jove ,
Juno ,
Jupiter ,
Jupiter Fidius ,
Jupiter Fulgur ,
Jupiter Optimus Maximus ,
Jupiter Pluvius ,
Jupiter Tonans ,
Kama ,
Kore ,
Kronos ,
Love ,
Lucifer ,
Magna Mater ,
Mars ,
Mercury ,
Minerva ,
Mithras ,
Momus ,
Narcissus ,
Neptune ,
Nike ,
North Star ,
Olympians ,
Olympic gods ,
Ops ,
Orcus ,
Persephassa ,
Persephone ,
Phoebus ,
Phoebus Apollo ,
Phosphor ,
Phosphorus ,
Pluto ,
Polaris ,
Poseidon ,
Proserpina ,
Proserpine ,
Rhea ,
Saturn ,
Sirius ,
Tellus ,
Uranus ,
Venus de Milo ,
Vesper ,
Vesta ,
Vulcan ,
Zeus ,
asteroid ,
celestial body ,
comet ,
daystar ,
evening star ,
fixed stars ,
heavenly body ,
houri ,
inferior planet ,
living sapphires ,
lodestar ,
major planet ,
minor planet ,
morning star ,
orb ,
peri ,
planet ,
planetoid ,
polar star ,
polestar ,
secondary planet ,
solar system ,
sphere ,
starry host ,
stars ,
superior planet ,
terrestrial planet ,
the Graces ,
wanderer
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