- 1n/ˈliːbrə/zodiac sign天秤座
The seventh sign of the zodiac, drawn as a pair of weighing scales. People who follow connect it with anyone born between about 24 September and 23 October.
文法不可數名詞:通常不加 a/an,也不加 -s 來表示複數。
Libra 是黃道十二星座裡的第七個。它的符號是一把天秤。英文寫的時候 L 要大寫。當作星座名時不加冠詞。所以會說 her sign is Libra。星座書常把這把天秤連到「公平」和「兩邊都想顧」。日期通常寫九月二十四日到十月二十三日。不過每年可能差一天。另一套占星系統用的日期範圍還完全不同。所以這組日期是常見的說法,不是固定的規則。
示範例句 · Example
Her sign is Libra, and she reads its horoscope every morning.
中文翻譯她的星座是天秤座,而且她每天早上都讀它的運勢。
Libra is one of the twelve signs used in astrology, and it keeps its capital L. As the name of a sign it is uncountable: her sign is Libra, she is Libra. The picture behind the name is a balance, a pair of scales, and horoscope writing often ties that picture to fairness and to weighing both sides. The dates move a day either way depending on the year, and a different system of astrology uses a different stretch of dates altogether, so treat the ones you see as the usual ones rather than as fixed.
常見搭配
the sign of Libra
天秤座這個星座
the zodiac sign itself
People born under the sign of Libra are said to like things fair.
born under Libra
出生在天秤座的日期裡
born during the dates given to this sign
She was born under Libra, right at the end of September.
my sign is Libra
我的星座是天秤座
a way of saying which zodiac sign is yours
My sign is Libra, but I do not really follow it.
意思相近
the Scales
- 2n/ˈliːbrə/person born under Libra天秤座的人
A person born between about 24 September and 23 October, and so born under the sign Libra.
文法可數名詞:前面可以加 a/an,要表示複數時常常加 -s。
英文可以直接用星座名稱呼人。這個用法是可數的。所以前面加 a,也可以加 s。像是 I am a Libra、two Libras。這就是分辨兩個意思最好用的線索:前面有冠詞,講的就是人。這種句子後面常接性格的說法。英文多半會加 are said to be。那是把它留在星座說法的層次,不是斷言事實。
English lets the name of a sign stand for a person born under it. This one is countable, so it takes a and an s: I am a Libra, the two Libras in our class. That is the clearest way to tell the two uses apart: an article in front means a person. People often follow it with a claim about character — Libras are said to be fair — and the phrase are said to keeps it as an astrology belief rather than a fact.
常見搭配
be a Libra
是天秤座的人
to have been born under this sign
Are you a Libra? You never rush a decision.
typical Libra
典型的天秤座
someone who behaves the way this sign is said to behave
Taking an hour to pick a film — very typical Libra.
Libras and Scorpios
天秤座和天蠍座的人
people of these two neighbouring signs
October birthdays split into Libras and Scorpios.
意思相近
Libran