sun

sun
noun
  1. (亦作 SUN)the star round which the earth orbits
    太阳，日
    ■any similar star in the universe, with or without planets
    恒星
  2. The sun is the central body of the solar system. It provides the light and energy that sustains life on earth, and its changing position relative to the earth's axis determines the terrestrial seasons. The sun is a star of a type known as a G2 dwarf, a sphere of hydrogen and helium 1.4 million km in diameter which obtains its energy from nuclear fusion reactions deep within its interior, where the temperature is about 15 million degrees. The surface is a little under 6,000°C
  3. [mass noun](一般作 the sun)the light or warmth received from the earth's sun
    阳光，日光；太阳热
    we sat outside in the sun.
    我们坐在外面晒太阳。
    ■( poetic/literary)a person or thing regarded as a source of glory or inspiration or understanding
    (诗/文)被视为荣誉（或灵感、理解）源泉的人（或物）
    the rhetoric faded before the sun of reality.
    在事实的阳光下，花言巧语都会褪色。
    ■(poetic/literary)used with reference to someone's success or prosperity
    (诗/文)成功；繁荣；荣耀
    the sun of the Plantagenets went down in clouds.
    金雀花王朝的光耀已落入云里了。
  4. (poetic/literary)a day or a year
    (诗/文)一天；一年
    after going so many suns without food, I was sleeping.
    我正在睡觉，那时我已很多天没有进食了。
(sunned, sunning)
  1. (sun oneself)sit or lie in the sun
    坐（或躺）在阳光下
    Buzz could see Clare sunning herself on the terrace below.
    巴兹能看到克莱尔坐在下面的露台上晒太阳。
    ■[with obj.]expose (something) to the sun, especially to warm or dry it
    晒；曝（尤指晒暖，晒干）
    the birds are sunning their wings.
    鸟儿在晒翅膀。
常用词组
against the sun
  1. (Nautical)against the direction of the sun's apparent movement (in the northern hemisphere); from right to left or anticlockwise
    (航海)在北半球）朝着与太阳视动方向相反的方向；从右向左，逆时针方向地
catch the sun
  1. 见 catch
make hay while the sun shines
  1. 见hay
on which the sun never sets
  1. (of an empire) worldwide
    （帝国）世界范围的，日不落的
shoot the sun
  1. (Nautical)ascertain the altitude of the sun with a sextant in order to determine one's latitude
    (航海)测太阳高度以确定纬度
under the sun
  1. on earth; in existence (used in expressions emphasizing the large number of something)
    世上，人间（强调数量多）
    they exchanged views on every subject under the sun.
    他们就世上每一个问题都交换了意见。
with the sun
  1. (Nautical)in the direction of the sun's apparent movement (in the northern hemisphere); from left to right or clockwise
    (航海)（在北半球）朝着与太阳视动方向相同的方向；从左向右，顺时针方向地
派生
sunless
adjective
sunlessness
noun
sunlike
adjective
sunward
( & )
adjective& adverb
sunwards
adverb
语源
  1. Old English sunne, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zon and German Sonne, from an Indo-European root shared by Greek hēlios and Latin sol
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