solstice
solstice 英 [ˈsɒlstɪs] 美 [ˈsɑlstɪs]
n. 至，至日；至点
名词复数:solstices
- The longest and shortest days of the year — the days when the sun is furthest from the Equator — are each called a solstice.
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- n. 至，至日；至点
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1. Tomorrow will be the Summer solstice.
明天就交夏至了。
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2. Midsummer or summer solstice is celebrated in many cultures as the longest day of the year.
在许多国家，夏至日被作为一年中最长的一天而受到人们的庆祝。
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3. For thousands of years, cultures the world over feted the winter solstice as the moment of the sun’s return, the turning of the wintry tide.
在几千年中，世界各地的文化都广泛庆祝冬至日，因为它是太阳回归的日子，是冬季潮汐变更方向的日子。
- solstice (n.) mid-13c., from Old French solstice (13c.), from Latin solstitium "point at which the sun seems to stand still," especially the summer solstice, from sol "the sun" (from PIE root *sawel- "the sun") + past participle stem of sistere "stand still, take a stand; to set, place, cause to stand," from PIE *si-st-, reduplicated form of root *sta- "to stand, make or be firm." In early use, Englished as sunstead (late Old English sunstede).
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