Pluto
/ˈpluːtəʊ//ˈplutoʊ/
- n.
- 冥王星，普路托(冥王)
中文释义来自 ECDICT
词源链
- 英语English
Pluto
词源说明
From Middle English Pluto, Pluton, from Latin Plūtō, from Ancient Greek Πλούτων (Ploútōn, “god of the underworld”). Doublet of Plouton. Venetia Burney is often credited as having suggested the name for the celestial body.
释义
专有名词proper noun
- 1(Greek mythology, Roman mythology) The Greco-Roman god of the underworld.
- 2(astronomy) The largest dwarf planet and formerly the ninth planet, represented by the symbol ♇ or ⯓, both now used mostly in astrology. [from 1930]