vesta 的定义
- Classical Mythology. the ancient Roman goddess of the hearth, worshiped in a temple containing an altar on which a sacred fire was kept burning by the vestal virgins: identified with the Greek Hestia.
- Astronomy. the second largest and by far the brightest asteroid in our solar system, discovered in 1807 and located in the asteroid belt. See also Ceres, Hygieia, Pallas.
- British. a short friction match with a wood or wax shank.
- a female given name.
vesta 近义词
等同于 friction match
等同于 lares and penates
vesta 的近义词 3 个
更多vesta例句
- Eight hours later, Fleetwing arrived, with Vesta just over an hour behind her.
- The Vesta turned north, going off course to avoid the worst of it.
- On the planet Vesta, there are plenty of crystals to treasure.
- Vesta was, of course, worshipped at the hearth by the women, who most often used it in the preparation of the domestic meals.
- In Rome the temple of Vesta is the king's hearth, situated, as one would expect, in close proximity to the regia.
- The two men there could see the dark outline of his anxious face as he lighted a vesta to aid him in seeing what was going on.
- Hestia (Roman Vesta) presided over the private hearths and homesteads of the Greeks, and imparted to them a sacred character.
- And looking back on that wreck of a room, I reflected how congenial Jaffery must have found his surroundings on board the Vesta.