the winter solstice
常見例句
- 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.
在幾千年中,世界各地的文化都廣泛慶祝冬至日,因為它是太陽回歸的日子,是冬季潮汐變更方向的日子。 - The last time a lunar eclipse occurred on the winter solstice, astronomer Galileo Galilei was languishing under house arrest for suggesting the Earth circled the sun.
上次月全食發(fā)生在冬至期間的時候,天文學(xué)家伽利略正因為自己提出“日心說”理論而被軟禁著。 - At that time of year the winter solstice was coming, and the Sun was moving into a lower declination in the sky.
這是逐漸臨近冬至的一段時間,太陽的赤緯也是不斷地縮小。 - Indeed, it seems very likely that the winter solstice was not dedicated to Sol by the Romans until after the bishop of Rome first celebrated Christmas on December 25th in 336 AD.
FORBES: Christmas and the Adoption of the Pagan Solstice - Now that the winter solstice is almost upon us, a big turning point each year in the dark North Atlantic, WEEKEND EDITION food essayist Bonny Wolf tries to understand the food's appeal.
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