constellation，constellatory ；

[例句] 她在墙上贴满了十二星座的标志。 She covered the walls with the signs of the zodiac.

[例句] 托勒密绘制了48个星座1,000多颗恒星的星位图。 Ptolemy charted more than 1000 stars in 48 constella-tions.

[天] Mercury ；

[例句] 金星, 地球和其他行星也使水星的运动受到摄动. Venus, Earth, and other planets also perturb Mercury's motion.

[例句] 水星的表面有许多陨石坑,这些坑是由巨大的太空岩石撞击而成的. Mercury is covered in craters - hollows made by huge space rocks crashing into it.

starlight，starshine ；

[例句] 他停下脚步试着让眼睛适应微弱的星光。 He stopped to try to adjust his vision to the faint starlight.

[例句] 天空一片深蓝色，其间星光闪烁。 The sky was deep blue and starry.

asterisk (*) ；

[例句] 打星号的项目可以删去。 Items marked with an asterisk can be omitted.

[例句] 星号是让读者参看脚注. The asterisk refers the reader to a footnote.

star catalogue ；

[例句] 有的星表还提供了运动, 是否变光以及双星 、 聚星等等的资料. Some catalogs provide data on motions , variability, duplicity, etc.

[例句] Tycho2星表包括了全天250万颗恒星数据. The Tycho 2 catalogue contains 2.5 million entries over the whole sky.

[天] comes，companion，companion star，secondary （双星中光度较暗， 质量较小的恒星） ；

[例句] 当伴星围绕着主星运转时, 它交替地朝着地球或背离地球运转. As a companion star orbits its primary , it alternately approaches and recedes from the Earth.

[例句] 逆戟鲸的伴星在冬天来到, 带着我们的救世主来到的消息. Comes the orca whale in winter, with the news of our Savior's coming.

celestial body，star，heavenly body ；

[例句] 早期的天文学家认为我们的星球是宇宙的中心。 Early astronomers thought that our planet was the centre of the universe.

[例句] 人类在接近各个星球，探索新的天体。 Man was drawing closer to the stars, opening new worlds.

[天] dwarf，dwarf star ；

[例句] 小天狼星布莱克是一条大狗 ( 大脚板 ),小矮星彼得变为一只耗子 ( 虫尾巴 ). Sirius became a large dog ( Padfoot ) while Peter became a rat ( Wormtail ).

[例句] 所以, 宽距的双矮星系统应该极为稀少,甚或不存在. Thus, widely separated binary dwarfs should be rare or nonexistent.

divine by astrology，cast a horoscope，horoscopy ；

[例句] 圣经中经常提及星占术. Astrology is mentioned all throughout the Bible.

[例句] 阿什利: 我不迷信, 但它是真的. 我的意思是说运气不好. 丹, 我的星占图 怎么样 ? Ashley: I'm not superstitious, but it's true. I mean, it's bad luck. Dane, how's my scope?

divine by astrology，cast a horoscope，horoscope ；

[例句] 这个发现似乎能印证流行占星术的一些说法。 This discovery seems to validate the claims of popular astrology.

[例句] 任何善于运算的人都可以成为占星家。 Anyone can be an astrologer as long as they are mathematically minded.

sight bead （瞄准用），front sight (of a gun)，post ；

[例句] 瞄准:把 ( 枪枝 ) 的准星与目标对齐. To align ( a gun, for example ) with a target.

[例句] 他等待着目标和十字准星的重合. He waited for the coincidence of the target and the cross hairs.

new star，[天] nova，temporary star，[电影]Rising Stars；

[天] Pluto ；

[例句] 太空望远镜拍摄到了迄今为止最清晰的冥王星的照片。 The space telescope has taken the clearest pictures ever of Pluto.

[例句] 天文学家知道冥王星与海卫一拥有几乎相同的体积、质量与密度。 Astronomers know that Pluto and Triton have nearly the same size, mass, and density.

[天] Neptune，Neptunian ；

[例句] 海王星原来是个有生气 、 多风暴的世界. Neptune turned out to be a dynamic, stormy world.

[例句] 得了关节炎而且局部变聋 、 衰老的“旅行者2号”最后总算抵达海王星. Somehow the geriatric Voyager 2, arthritic and partially deaf, managed to reach Neptune.

（清晨的星） stars at dawn ；

[例句] 启二28我又要把晨星赐给他. Rev. 2:28 And to him I will give the morning star.

[例句] 我又要把晨星赐给他. I will also give him the morning star.

asterism ；

[例句] 星''.'彩'.'',星芒某些水晶体经反光或光线穿透所产生''.'的'.''六棱形星''.'状'. ''图象. A six rayed starlike figure optically produced in some crystal structures by reflected or transmitted light.

Jupiter ；

[例句] 木星表面可能根本就不是固体的。 The planet Jupiter may have no solid surface at all.

[例句] 天文学家们正在观测木星. The astronomers were taking an observation of Jupiter.

bane，bad luck，disaster ；

[例句] 我看这辆汽车是灾星。 I'm convinced there's a jinx on this car.

[例句] 不用怎么提示农场主们就会告诉你，“该死的养狗人”是他们生活的灾星。 Farmers don't need much prompting to tell you that "flaming dog owners" are the scourge of their lives.

liberator，emancipator，saviour，deliverer，savior ；

[例句] 我视书本为救星。 I consider books my salvation.

[例句] 她将他当成自己的救星。 She regarded him as her saviour.

starfish，stelleroid，asteroid，sea star，[电影]The Starfish；

[例句] 我在找海星. 有了, 我找到了. I'm looking for a starfish. Here! I got one.

[例句] 她和善地伸出手,像小海星一样放在我的膝盖上. She lays a kindly hand like a tiny starfish on my knee.