zodiac

名词 zodiac:

1. a belt-shaped region in the heavens on either side to the ecliptic; divided into 12 constellations or signs for astrological purposes
2. (astrology) a circular diagram representing the 12 zodiacal constellations and showing their signs

1. The zodiac is used in astrology to predict the future.
   十二宫图用于占星术中预测未来。

zo.di.ac

n.（名词）

Astronomy A band of the celestial sphere extending about 8= to either side of the ecliptic that represents the path of the principal planets, the moon, and the sun.
【天文学】 黄道带：天球上，向黄道两边各延伸约8度的一条带，代表主要的行星（月亮和太阳）的轨道
In astrology, this band divided into 2 equal parts called signs, each 30= wide, bearing the name of a constellation for which it was originally named but with which it no longer coincides owing to the precession of the equinoxes.
黄道十二宫图：在占星学中，被等分为2份的黄道叫作宫，每宫30度，保留着其原有星座的名称，但由于岁差这些名称已不相符
A diagram or figure representing the zodiac.
表示黄道的图形成图解
A complete circuit; a circle.
圆周；圆

来源：
Middle English
中古英语
from Old French zodiaque
源自 古法语 zodiaque
from Latin zôdiacus
源自 拉丁语 zôdiacus
from Greek zôidiakos (kuklos) [(circle) of the zodiac]
源自 希腊语 zôidiakos (kuklos) [黄道的（一周）]
from zôidion [small represented figure, zodiacal sign] [diminutive of] zôion [living being] * see zoon
源自 zôidion [表示图解、黄道带的宫的一小部分] [] zôion的小后缀 [生物] *参见 zoon

【引伸】
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