中文翻译与英英解释 | n. 〔拉丁语〕 1.原动天,第十层天〔古希腊天文学家托勒密的天动说中的最外层天体,带动所有天体转动〕。 2.〔比喻〕原动力;行动[运动]的主因。
| | | mobile: adj. 1.活动的,运动的;可动的。 2.易变的;易感 ... | |
| an agent that is the cause of all things but does not itself have a cause; "God is the first cause" 同义词:first cause, prime mover,
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In medieval and Renaissance astronomy, the Primum Mobile, or "first moved," was the outermost moving sphere in the geocentric model of the universe. The primum mobile was thought to be responsible for the apparent daily movement of the heavens around the Earth, producing the east-to-west rising and setting of the sun and stars. |
例句与用法 | 1. | The long chimney running up beside an ash - tree , and the warmth which radiated from the spot , explained without the necessity of much daylight that here was the engine which was to act as the primum mobile of this little world 那个地点向外散发着热气,在一棵槐树的旁边矗立着高大的烟囱,这用不着大亮就能够看出来,那就是为这个小小的世界提供主要动力的引擎。
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