planet: [12] A planet is etymologically a ‘wanderer’. The word comes via Old French planete and late Latin planēta from Greek planétos, a derivative of the verb planasthai ‘wander’. This was applied to any heavenly body that appeared to move or ‘wander’ across the skies among the fixed stars, which in ancient astronomy included the sun and moon as well as Mars, Venus, etc. The modern application to a ‘body that orbits the sun (or similar star)’ dates from the mid 17th century.
planet (n.)
late Old English planete, from Old French planete (Modern French planète), from Late Latin planeta, from Greek planetes, from (asteres) planetai "wandering (stars)," from planasthai "to wander," of unknown origin, possibly from PIE *pele- (2) "flat, to spread" on notion of "spread out." So called because they have apparent motion, unlike the "fixed" stars. Originally including also the moon and sun; modern scientific sense of "world that orbits a star" is from 1630s.
雙語例句
1. The blue whale is the largest living thing on the planet.
藍鯨是地球上體型最大的生物。
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2. The chances of a planet surviving a supernova always looked terribly slim.
行星躲過超新星爆發的幾率總是十分渺茫。
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3. The planet is probably in orbit around a small star.
這顆行星可能正環繞著一顆小恒星運行。
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4. The new planet is about ten times the size of the earth.
新發現的行星大約是地球的10倍那么大。
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5. The planet Mars will be visible to the naked eye all week.