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Venus

英 ['viːnəs] 美['vinəs]
  • n. [天] 金星;维纳斯(爱与美的女神)

英英释意


1. the second nearest planet to the sun; visible as an early `morning star' or an `evening star'; rotates slowly clockwise (in the opposite direction from the normal rotation of the planets);
"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