Aquarius的词源

英文词源

Aquarius

faint constellation and 11th zodiac sign, late Old English, from Latin aquarius, literally "water carrier," properly an adjective, "pertaining to water" (see aquarium); a loan-translation of Greek Hydrokhoos "the water-pourer," old Greek name of this constellation.

Aquarians were a former Christian sect that used water instead of wine at the Lord's Supper. Age of Aquarius (1940) is an astrological epoch supposed to have begun in the 1960s, embodying the traits of this sign and characterized by world peace and human brotherhood. The term and the concept probably got a boost in popular use when An Aquarian Exposition was used as the sub-name of the Woodstock Music & Art Fair (1969).

中文词源

aquarius：宝瓶座

来自词根aqua, 水。

该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：aquarius 词源，aquarius 含义。

Aquarius（水瓶座）：给诸神斟仙露的宝瓶

英语中表示“水瓶座”的单词Aquarius直接来自拉丁语，借译自希腊语，意思就是“倒水的东西”，由词根aqua-（水）衍生而成。

希腊神话中，宙斯将美貌非凡的少年伽倪墨得斯掳至诸神所在的奥林匹亚山，令他负责在宴会上为诸神斟仙露。为了以资鼓励，宙斯将他斟仙露的宝瓶化为星座，悬挂在星空之中，成为水瓶座（Aquarius）。

Aquarius：[ə'kwεəriəs] n. 宝瓶座；水瓶座；宝瓶宫

aquarium：[ə'kwɛrɪəm] n. 水族馆；养鱼池；玻璃缸