"morningstar" in Chinese (Traditional)
晨星晨星錘(武器)
Definition
晨星是指日出前天空中看到的亮星(通常是金星),也可以指一種中世紀的長棒帶刺鐵球武器。
Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))
在天文上,“morningstar”偏向詩意或古用,現代多說『金星』。作爲武器,常見於奇幻作品或遊戲,日常生活少見。須區分“mace”(鈍器)和“flail”(鏈枷),morningstar的特點是尖刺。
Examples
The planet Venus is often called the morningstar.
金星常被稱為**晨星**。
The knight held a spiked morningstar in his hand.
騎士手中握著一把**晨星錘**。
A morningstar can be seen in old paintings of the sky.
在古老的天空畫作中可以看到**晨星**。
He equipped his game character with a heavy morningstar for more damage.
他讓遊戲角色裝備了一把重型**晨星錘**,造成更高傷害。
The morningstar shone brightly just before sunrise.
**晨星**在日出前閃耀著明亮的光芒。
You don’t hear about the morningstar much outside of fantasy stories these days.
現今除了奇幻故事外,很少聽到**晨星錘**這個詞。