"morningstar" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 晨星
• 晨星锤（武器）

Definition

晨星指的是日出前在天空中看到的明亮天体（通常是金星），也指一种中世纪带尖刺铁球的武器。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

作为天文学词汇，'morningstar' 比较诗意或古老，现代更常说 '金星'。作为武器，常出现在奇幻游戏或历史介绍中，不常用于日常交流。它与 'mace'（钝器）或 'flail'（链枷）不同，'morningstar' 有明显尖刺。

Examples

The planet Venus is often called the morningstar.

金星常被称为**晨星**。

The knight held a spiked morningstar in his hand.

骑士手里拿着一把**晨星锤**。

A morningstar can be seen in old paintings of the sky.

在古老的天空画作中能看到**晨星**。

He equipped his game character with a heavy morningstar for more damage.

他让游戏角色装备了一把重型**晨星锤**，伤害更高。

The morningstar shone brightly just before sunrise.

**晨星**在日出前闪耀着明亮的光芒。

You don’t hear about the morningstar much outside of fantasy stories these days.

现在除了奇幻故事外，很少听到**晨星锤**这个词。