constellation

英 [ˌkɒnstəˈleɪʃn]

美 [ˌkɑːnstəˈleɪʃn]

n.  星座; 一系列(相关的想法、事物); 一群(相关的人)

复数：constellations　

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Collins.1 / BNC.12762 / COCA.7195

牛津词典

noun

• 星座
  a group of stars that forms a shape in the sky and has a name
• 一系列（相关的想法、事物）；一群（相关的人）
  a group of related ideas, things or people
  1. a constellation of Hollywood talent
     一群好莱坞天才

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 星座
  Aconstellationis a group of stars which form a pattern and have a name.
  1. ...a planet orbiting a star in the constellation of Cepheus.
     围绕仙王座中一颗恒星旋转的行星
• N-COUNT 一群，一组(相似的事物)
  Aconstellation ofsimilar things is a group of them.
  1. Most patients have a constellation of diseases, with few clear-cut distinctions between them...
     大多数患者的病症都很相似，鲜有明显的区别。
  2. The largest gallery contains at its centre a constellation of photographs called My Wishes.
     最大的画廊在中心位置展出了一组名为《我的心愿》的摄影作品。

英英释义

noun

• an arrangement of parts or elements
  1. the outcome depends on the configuration of influences at the time
  Synonym:configuration
• a configuration of stars as seen from the earth

双语例句

• The largest gallery contains at its centre a constellation of photographs called My Wishes.
  最大的画廊在中心位置展出了一组名为《我的心愿》的摄影作品。
• This evening, we zoom in on Vega and its small but distinctive constellation, Lyra the Harp.
  今晚，我们来放大观察织女星和她的小而独特的星座，天琴座的竖琴。
• Constellation also intended to study the idea of establishing a moon colony.
  星座计划还包括另一项任务-研究在月球上建立殖民地的可行性。
• "Constellation books" that we not but I want and you wear "lovers".
  《星座书上》说我们不合但我非要和你穿《情侣装》。
• This method is applicable to constellation design for space-based radar global and territorial early warning system.
  该方法适用于天基雷达全球和区域预警系统的星座设计。
• A constellation is a stellar system.
  一个星座就是一个恒星星系。
• The traditional differential space-time block code ( DSTBC) suffers from the signal constellation expansion for QPSK modulation.
  传统的差分空时分组编码（DSTBC）在QPSK调制时存在着信号星座扩展。
• A constellation in the Southern Hemisphere, near Antlia and Puppis. He was pumping away the whole day.
  罗盘星座南半球的一个星座，在唧筒星座和船尾星座附近他整天忙着用唧筒抽水。
• Having found a promising one in the constellation Leo, they turned the Hubble Space Telescope on it.
  在狮子座大星云发现一个可能星系后，他们开始使用哈伯太空望远镜对其进行观测。
• I still like to hear more about cancer in a family constellation.
  我还是想听一些在家庭系统排列中关于癌症的事。