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語源

From the animal scorpion, from Latin scorpio (“scorpion”).

固有名詞

the Scorpion

1. The constellation and zodiacal sign Scorpio.
   • 1667, John Milton, “(please specify the book number)”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:

     And now thir way to Earth they had descri'd, / To Paradise first tending, when behold / Satan in likeness of an Angel bright / Betwixt the Centaure and the Scorpion stearing / His Zenith, while the Sun in Aries rose […]

   • 1821, Thomas Kerigan, The young navigator's guide to the sidereal and planetary parts of nautical astronomy, page 73:

     Ras Alhague is […] nearly due north of Lesath, in the tail of the Scorpion, at the distance of 51 degrees: […]

   • 1924, EM Forster, A Passage to India, Penguin, published 2005, page 123:

     Smiling proudly, he glanced outward at the country, which was still invisible except as a dark movement in the darkness; then upwards at the sky, where the stars of the sprawling Scorpion had begun to pale.

名詞

Scorpion (複数形 Scorpions)

1. Someone with the Scorpio star sign.

形容詞

Scorpion (not comparable)

1. (astrology) Of or relating to the Scorpio star sign.