aurora

英 [ɔːˈrɔː.rə]

美 [ɔːˈrɔːˈrɔːr.ə]

n. [地物] 极光；曙光

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记忆方法

为了记忆单词“aurora”，可以将它分解为“au-ora”。想象“au”像是太阳升起的早晨，“ora”是“hour”的音变，意味着“一小时”，于是“aurora”可以想象为太阳在早晨升起时照亮天空，呈现出极光（aurora borealis）的壮丽景象。这种联想可以帮助你记忆这个单词的含义，即“极光”。 以上内容由AI生成, 仅供参考和借鉴

英语词源

aurora (n.)

late 14c., from Latin Aurora, the Roman goddess of dawn, from PIE *ausus- "dawn," also the name of the Indo-European goddess of the dawn, from root *aus- (1) "to shine," especially of the dawn (cognates: Greek eos "dawn," auein "to dry, kindle;" Sanskrit usah, Lithuanian ausra "dawn;" Latin auster "south wind," usum "to burn;" Old English east "east").

权威例句

1. Aurora felt the opium haze enfold her. 奥萝拉感觉自己被笼罩在鸦片烟霾中。

2. And wooed on Coosa's side Aurora's beam. 我见过库萨山巅晨曦的分娩.

3. The aurora is one of nature's most awesome spectacles. 极光是自然界最可畏的奇观之一.

4. In the northeast a silvergreen serpentine aurora pulsed and quivered gently. 银绿色,长蛇似的极光,在东北方很文静地翕张、颤动.

5. Over the polar regions we should see aurora. 在极地高空,我们会看到极光.