cassiopeia
/kas-ee-uh-pee-uh/US // ˌkæs i əˈpi ə //UK // (ˌkæsɪəˈpiːə) //
仙女座,仙人掌,仙人球,仙后座
Definitions
n.名词 noun
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genitive Cas·si·o·pe·iae [kas-ee-uh-pee-ee] /ˌkæs i əˈpi i/ for 1.
- : Astronomy. a northern constellation between Cepheus and Perseus.
- : Classical Mythology. the wife of Cepheus and mother of Andromeda.
Examples
The two here are 7,500 light-years away and are known as the Double Cluster, located halfway between the bright stars in the constellations Perseus and Cassiopeia.
Cassiopeia was said to have been an Ethiopian; and was, therefore, in spite of her boasted beauty black.
I advise any who's been in love with a woman under Cassiopeia to go and think about her under the Southern Cross.
Thus might Cassiopeia, glass in hand, in her golden chair sit in high heaven!
This star of great size and unwonted brilliancy appeared in the Chair of Cassiopeia.
Her mother, Cassiopeia, had boasted that she was fairer than Juno and the Nereides.
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