meridian: [14] Etymologically, meridian denotes the ‘middle of the day’. It comes via Old French from Latin merīdiānus, a derivative of merīdiēs ‘mid-day’. This was an alteration of an earlier medidiēs, a compound noun formed from medius ‘middle’ (source of English medium) and diēs ‘day’. The application of the word to a circle passing round the Earth or the celestial sphere, which is an ancient one, comes from the notion of the sun crossing it at noon. => medium
meridian (n.)
mid-14c., "noon," from Old French meridien "of the noon time, midday; the Meridian; southerner" (12c.), and directly from Latin meridianus "of midday, of noon, southerly, to the south," from meridies "noon, south," from meridie "at noon," altered by dissimilation from pre-Latin *medi die, locative of medius "mid-" (see medial (adj.)) + dies "day" (see diurnal). Cartographic sense first recorded late 14c. Figurative uses tend to suggest "point of highest development or fullest power."
The city in Mississippi, U.S., was settled 1854 (as Sowashee Station) at a railway junction and given its current name in 1860, supposedly by people who thought meridian meant "junction" (they perhaps confused the word with median).
meridian 英文释义
1. an imaginary great circle on the surface of the earth passing through the north and south poles at right angles to the equator;
"all points on the same meridian have the same longitude"
meridian 双语例句
1. All places on the same meridian have the same longitude.
在同一子午线上的地方都有相同的经度.
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2. He is now at the meridian of his intellectual power.
他现在正值智力全盛期.
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3. Meridian shares were recently up 12 per cent at 7.5 c.
Meridian公司 的股票最近上涨了百分之十二,达到了7.5c的股息.
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4. Only rarely did businesses of Schefenacker's or Meridian's size have to endure long insolvencies.
像雪弗莱克和Meridian那种规模的公司,很少是迫不得已才会遭受长期的破产过程.
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5. MERIDIAN, Idaho - Banning baseball caps during tests was obvious - students were writing the answers under the brim.
meridian爱达荷 - 禁止戴棒球帽进考场似乎很合理, 因为学生可以将考题答案藏在帽沿下面.
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meridian 实用场景例句
All places on the same meridian have the same longitude.
在同一子午线上的地方都有相同的经度.
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He is now at the meridian of his intellectual power.
他现在正值智力全盛期.
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Terrestrial longitude is measured in degrees east or west of the Greenwich meridian.
地球的经度是用格林尼治子午线向东或向西的度数来表示的.
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He was at the meridian of his power then.
那时他获得了最高权力.
辞典例句
Every place on the same meridian has the same longitude.
同一经线上的地方其经度相同.
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In all cases the gnomon lies in the plane of the meridian.
表始终都处于子午面内.
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Meridian shares were recently up 12 per cent at 7.5 c.
Meridian公司 的股票最近上涨了百分之十二,达到了7.5c的股息.
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Only rarely did businesses of Schefenacker's or Meridian's size have to endure long insolvencies.
像雪弗莱克和Meridian那种规模的公司,很少是迫不得已才会遭受长期的破产过程.
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MERIDIAN, Idaho - Banning baseball caps during tests was obvious - students were writing the answers under the brim.
meridian爱达荷 - 禁止戴棒球帽进考场似乎很合理, 因为学生可以将考题答案藏在帽沿下面.
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As well as issuing unsecured bonds, Meridian had borrowed around $ 485 m in first - and second - lien loans.
通过发行无追索权债券, Meridian取得大约485百万美元的一级和二级抵押贷款.
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All points on the same meridian have the same longitude.
同一条经线上的所有点经度相同.
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Both brain and meridian are great topics for science and technology.
摘要大脑与经络研究是国际科学技术界的两个重大课题.
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The liver meridian connects with the gallbladder to form an exteriorinterior relationship.
肝经与胆经相连形成表里关系.
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In conclusion, tonifying kidney and Du meridian is the proper treatment principle.
结论为补肾强肾是适当的治疗原则.
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Beyond the Meridian Gate is the Inner Golden Water River.
