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Ori·on
/əˈraɪən, ɔ-/
Diana
所愛的獵人,獵戶星座
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
O·ri·on
n.
Astron.
A
large
and
bright
constellation
on
the
equator
,
between
the
stars
Aldebaran
and
Sirius
.
It
contains
a
remarkable
nebula
visible
to
the
naked
eye
.
The
flaming
glories
of
Orion's
belt
.
--
E
.
Everett
.
◄
►
From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
Orion
n
1: (
Greek
mythology
)
a
giant
Boeotian
hunter
who
pursued
the
Pleiades
and
was
eventually
slain
by
Artemis
;
was
then
placed
in
the
sky
as
a
constellation
2:
a
constellation
on
the
equator
east
of
Taurus
;
contains
Betelgeuse
and
Rigel
[
syn
:
The Hunter
]
From:
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
Orion
Heb
.
Kesil
; i.e., "
the
fool
",
the
name
of
a
constellation
(
Job
9:9; 38:31;
Amos
5:8)
consisting
of
about
eighty
stars
.
The
Vulgate
renders
thus
,
but
the
LXX
.
renders
by
Hesperus
, i.e.,
"
the
evening-star
,"
Venus
.
The
Orientals
"
appear
to
have
conceived
of
this
constellation
under
the
figure
of
an
impious
giant
bound
upon
the
sky
."
This
giant
was
,
according
to
tradition
,
Nimrod
,
the
type
of
the
folly
that
contends
against
God
.
In
Isa
. 13:10
the
plural
form
of
the
Hebrew
word
is
rendered
"
constellations
."
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