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(yǔ)例句
1. the diurnal rotation of the earth
地球的周日自轉(zhuǎn)
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2. " Rolled round in earth's diurnal course, With rocks , and stones, and trees. "
每天與巖石和樹(shù)木一起, 隨地球循環(huán)旋轉(zhuǎn).
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3. Kangaroos are diurnal animals.
袋鼠是日間活動(dòng)的動(dòng)物。
來(lái)自辭典例句
4. The diurnal springs correspond to the semidiurnal neaps and vice versa.
全日潮大潮對(duì)應(yīng)于半日潮小潮,反之亦然.
來(lái)自辭典例句
5. Over water the diurnal change in refraction is likely to be small.