• n. 星云；角膜云翳

來自拉丁語nebula,云，霧，蒸氣，來自PIE*nebh,云，詞源同Neptune.

nebula

nebula: [17] As its form suggests, nebula was originally a Latin word, but it goes back to a prehistoric Indo-European base (*nebh- ‘cloud’) which produced a wide range of other descendants, including German nebel ‘cloud’, Greek néphos ‘cloud’, and Latvian debess ‘sky’. It also got into Old English, as nifol ‘dark’. The Latin word was originally used in English for a sort of ‘cataract’ over the eye, and the presentday astronomical application to a ‘cloud’ of stars did not emerge until the early 18th century. The derivative nebulous [16] is an earlier borrowing.

nebula (n.)

early 15c., nebule "a cloud, mist," from Latin nebula "mist, vapor, fog, smoke, exhalation," figuratively "darkness, obscurity," from PIE *nebh- "cloud" (cognates: Sanskrit nabhas- "vapor, cloud, mists, fog, sky;" Greek nephele, nephos "cloud;" German Nebel "fog;" Old English nifol "dark, gloomy;" Welsh niwl "cloud, fog;" Slavic nebo).

Re-borrowed from Latin 1660s in sense of "cataracts in the eye;" astronomical meaning "cloud-like patch in the night sky" first recorded c. 1730. As early as Hershel (1802) astronomers realized that some nebulae were star clusters, but certain distinction of relatively nearby cosmic gas clouds from distant galaxies was not made until 1920s, using the new 100-inch Mt. Wilson telescope.

1. The size of the nebula at this stage is inversely proportional to its mass.

這個階段星云的大小與其質量成反比。

來自柯林斯例句

2. The Trifid Nebula itself represents the final phase of star formation.

三葉星云本身代表著恒星形成的最后階段.

來自辭典例句

3. A powerful telescope can resolve a nebula into stars.

一架高性能的望遠鏡能從星云中分辨出星球來.

來自辭典例句

4. We have identified the Crab Nebula as the debris of this explosion.

我們已證明蟹狀星云就是這次爆炸的遺跡.

來自辭典例句

5. A nebula is really a discrete mass of innumerous stars.

一團星云實際上是無數星體不連續的集合體.

來自辭典例句