constellations

英 [ˌkɒnstəˈleɪʃənz]

美 [ˌkɑnstəˈleɪʃənz]

n.  星座; 一系列(相关的想法、事物); 一群(相关的人)
constellation的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 星座
  Aconstellationis a group of stars which form a pattern and have a name.
  1. ...a planet orbiting a star in the constellation of Cepheus.
     围绕仙王座中一颗恒星旋转的行星
• N-COUNT 一群，一组(相似的事物)
  Aconstellation ofsimilar things is a group of them.
  1. Most patients have a constellation of diseases, with few clear-cut distinctions between them...
     大多数患者的病症都很相似，鲜有明显的区别。
  2. The largest gallery contains at its centre a constellation of photographs called My Wishes.
     最大的画廊在中心位置展出了一组名为《我的心愿》的摄影作品。

双语例句

• Where the constellations are found nowadays in the sky is simply irrelevant.
  如今，天空中的星座是在哪里发现的并不那么重要了。
• The rotating sphere shows the major stars of the constellations.
  旋转的天球上显示了星座中的主要星体。
• Brazil's flag has a star map of the constellations visible in the Brazilian night sky.The27 stars represent Brazil's27 districts.
  巴西国旗上的星图所呈现的是巴西夜空中可见到的星座排列，其中27颗星星代表巴西的27个地区。
• Several paragraphs ago, I explained that my predecessors named their twelve zodiac signs after the twelve constellations.
  前几段我解释我们的祖先用十二星群命名十二黄道星座。
• Those constellations look like you and I.
  这些璀璨的星群就如同你与我。
• ( astrology) a circular diagram representing the 12 zodiacal constellations and showing their signs.
  （占星术）展现黄道十二宫和它们的迹象的一种循环图。
• His time was coming, he would move in the constellations of power.
  他时来运转，要进入权力中心了。
• Cassiopeia is easy to identify and so it is one of the most famous constellations in the sky.
  仙后星座是很容易被识别的，因此它是天空中最著名的星座之一。
• Explore constellations and the nighttime sky under our planetarium dome.
  请于我们的天文馆圆顶下探索星宿与夜空。
• Most of the constellations actually bear little resemblance to the figures they are supposed to.
  其实，大多数星座与它们被想象的形象之间，仅仅稍微有些相似。