diurnal
英[daɪ'ɜːn(ə)l]
美[daɪ'ɝnl]
- adj. 白天的；每日的，一日间的
- n. 日记账；日报，日刊
中文词源
diurnal 昼行的
来自拉丁语dies, 白天，来自PIE*dyeu, 照耀，词源同diva, divine,Zeus.
英文词源
- 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).
双语例句
- 1. the diurnal rotation of the earth
- 地球的周日自转
来自《权威词典》
- 2. " Rolled round in earth's diurnal course, With rocks , and stones, and trees. "
- 每天与岩石和树木一起, 随地球循环旋转.
来自英汉 - 翻译样例 - 文学
- 3. Kangaroos are diurnal animals.
- 袋鼠是日间活动的动物。
来自辞典例句
- 4. The diurnal springs correspond to the semidiurnal neaps and vice versa.
- 全日潮大潮对应于半日潮小潮,反之亦然.
来自辞典例句
- 5. Over water the diurnal change in refraction is likely to be small.
- 在水面上,折光的周日变化可能是很小的.
来自辞典例句