diurnal
英 [da?'??n(?)l]
美[da?'?nl]
- adj. 白天的；每日的，一日間的
- n. 日記賬；日報，日刊
GRE暢通詞匯
中文詞源
diurnal 晝行的
來自拉丁語dies, 白天，來自PIE*dyeu, 照耀，詞源同diva, divine,Zeus.
英文詞源
- diurnal
- diurnal: see journey
- diurnal (adj.)
- late 14c., from Late Latin diurnalis "daily," from Latin dies "day" + -urnus, an adjectival suffix denoting time (compare hibernus "wintery"). Dies "day" is from PIE root *dyeu- "to shine" (cognates: Sanskrit diva "by day," Welsh diw, Breton deiz "day;" Armenian tiw; Lithuanian diena; Old Church Slavonic dini, Polish dzień, Russian den), literally "to shine" (compare Greek delos "clear;" Latin deus, Sanskrit deva "god," literally "shining one;" Avestan dava- "spirit, demon;" Lithuanian devas, Old Norse tivar "gods;" Old English Tig, genitive Tiwes, see Tuesday).
雙語例句
- 1. the diurnal rotation of the earth
- 地球的周日自轉
來自《權威詞典》
- 2. " Rolled round in earth's diurnal course, With rocks , and stones, and trees. "
- 每天與巖石和樹木一起, 隨地球循環旋轉.
來自英漢 - 翻譯樣例 - 文學
- 3. Kangaroos are diurnal animals.
- 袋鼠是日間活動的動物。
來自辭典例句
- 4. The diurnal springs correspond to the semidiurnal neaps and vice versa.
- 全日潮大潮對應于半日潮小潮,反之亦然.
來自辭典例句
- 5. Over water the diurnal change in refraction is likely to be small.
- 在水面上,折光的周日變化可能是很小的.
來自辭典例句