nadir
/ˈneɪˌdɪə(r)//ˈneɪˌdɪɚ/
- n.
- 天底，最低点
中文释义来自 ECDICT
词源链
- 英语English
nadir
词源说明
From Medieval Latin nadir, from Arabic نَظِير السَّمْت (naẓīr as-samt), composed of نَظِير (naẓīr, “counterpart, corresponding to”) and السَّمْت (as-samt, “the zenith”).
释义
名词noun
- 1The point of the celestial sphere, directly opposite the zenith; inferior pole of the horizon; point of the celestial sphere directly under the place of observation.
- 2figurativelyThe lowest point; time of greatest depression.
- 3(astronomy) The axis of a projected conical shadow; the direction of the force of gravity at a location; down.
- 4(beekeeping, archaic) An empty box added beneath a full one in a