astro- 或 astr-
pref.（前缀）
语源
pref.（前缀）
- Star:
星：
astrophysics.
天体物理学 - Celestial body:
天体：
astrometry.
天体测量学 - Outer space:
外层空间的：
astronaut.
宇航员 - The aster of a cell:
细胞星状体：
astrosphere.
星心球
语源
- Greek
希腊语 - from astron [star] * see ster- 3
源自 astron [星] *参见 ster- 3
astro-
combining form
indicating a heavenly body, star, or star-shaped structure
⇒
astrology
⇒
astrocyte
indicating outer space
⇒
astronautics
Origin
from Greek, from astron starastro-
Word Origin
1
a combining form with the meaning “pertaining to stars or celestial bodies, or to activities, as spaceflight, taking place outside the earth's atmosphere,” used in the formation of compound words:
astronautics; astrophotography.
Compare cosmo-.
Origin
< Greek, combining form of ástron a star, constellation, akin to astḗr star; cf. aster, -aster2
Related Words
- astronautical
- -aster
- astr-
- astroarchaeology
- astrobiology
- astrobleme
astro-a word element meaning 'star', as in astrology.
[Greek, combining form of astron]astro-
combining form
⇨ see astr-
combining form
⇨ see astr-
astro-
combining form
- relating to the stars or celestial objects表示“星”, “天体”：
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astrodome
astrophotography.
- ■ relating to outer space表示“宇宙”, “宇航”, “太空”：
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astrochemistry.
词源
from Greek astron 'star'.
1876 M. Collins Midn. to Midn. III. iv. 29The *astroälchymist regarded him with contemplative compassionate eyes.
1955 Sci. NewsLet. 13 Aug. 107/2Among operational sciences and skills..would be..*astro-biology.
1958 C. C. Adams et al. Space Flight x. 240The International Mars Committee..surveyed astrobiology, spectroscopic evidence of vegetation on Mars [ etc.]
1952 Sci. NewsLet. 5 Jan. 2There is much attention to what is called *astrobotany. [ in the Soviet Union]
1956 Newsweek 22 Oct. 26/2 Gabriel Tikhov, Soviet ‘*astrobotanist’, reports confirmation of his theory that higher forms of vegetation, similar to trees, exist on Mars.
1851 Househ. Words Mar. 545Who is to check his *astro-chronological computation?
1951 Gloss. Aeronaut. Terms (B.S.I.) iii. 10*Astro-compass, a non-magnetic instrument which gives the direction of true north relative to a celestial body.
1955 Sci. NewsLet. 13 Aug. 107/1*Astrodynamics, dealing with ‘the dynamic flight behavior of space vehicles’. It would include the performance kinetics and dynamics, stability and control of spacecraft, similar to aerodynamics in aeronautics.
1941 J. A. Hammerton ABC of RAF 111If the aircraft is over cloud and with clear sky above, the navigator may use the stars and get an ‘*astro’ fix.
1944 ‘N. Shute’ Pastoral iv. 97He said ‘Navigator to captain. Can you get her up above this for an astro fix?’
1941 A. O. Pollard Bombers over Reich x. 140White frost..on the *astrohatch.
1944 Times 18 Jan. 6/3 Over the target area one engine was put out of action and the astro-hatch shattered.
1652 Gaule Magastrom. 73In *astromagicall diviners..when astrologicall magick had its first possession among men.
1708 Motteux RabelaisProl. ,I have..look'd out whatever all the *Astrophyles..have thought.
1903 Daily Chron. 6 June 5/2Dr. Anderson..refuses..the name of astronomer... As he makes his observations with the naked eye from his own study window, with merely a pocket telescope..he prefers the name astrophil.
1936 L. Pearsall Smith in S.P.E. Tract XLVI. 204The fever of perfection is not catching; and if it be foolish for these astrophils to hitch their wagons (in Emerson's phrase) to this remotely glittering star, surely they cannot reasonably be supposed to inflict any serious damage on the solar system.
1871 Alger Future Life 604Bitten by some theological fear which has given him the *astrophobia.
1876 Chambers Astron. 481An elaborate catalogue of 206 conspicuous stars arranged progressively in the order of brightness as determined by an *astro-photometer.
1878 Astron. Soc. Notices XXXVIII. 65On a new *astrophotometrical method.
1954 J. B. S. Haldane in NewBiol. XVI. 25One of the earliest parties to land on the moon should be able to look for *astroplankton, that is to say spores and the like, in dust from an area of the moon which is never exposed to sunlight.
1946 V. Tempest Near Sun i. 15An *Astro-shot is a check on navigation that is made by the use of a sextant and the stars.
1943 L. Cheshire Bomber Pilot i. 10To check..by visual pin-point if possible: if not, by taking drifts or *Astro sights.
1714 Derham ( title)*Astro-Theology, or a Demonstration of the Being and attributes of God, from a survey of the heavens.
1882 Q. Rev. July 131The astro-theology of Chaldæa.
1981 Sci. Amer. Oct. 38/1An Amherst physicist turned *astroarchaeologist.
1965 G. S. Hawkins Stonehenge Decoded viii. 121If any university or foundation is casting about for promising fields of exploration and research, let it consider *astro-archaeology!
1976 Publishers Weekly 30 Aug. 330/2 The burgeoning study of astro-archaeology.
1981 G. Daniel ShortHist. Archaeol. v. 196Von Däniken..has added astronaut archaeology to the already dubious semi-scholarship of astro-archaeology.
astro-
element active in English word formation from mid-18c. and meaning "star or celestial body; outer space," from Greek astro-, stem and comb. form of astron "star," related to aster "star" (see star, n.). In ancient Greek, aster typically was "a star" and astron mostly in plural, "the stars." In singular it mostly meant "Sirius" (the brightest star).
☞ astro
as·tro-
\in pronunciations below, | ̷ ̷(ˌ) ̷ ̷ . |a(ˌ)strō or |aa- or -_strə\
— see astr-
— see astr-
astro-
Prefix
- pertaining to celestial bodies: fixed stars, wandering stars (planets), etc.
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἄστρον (ástron, “celestial body”).
Derived terms
English words prefixed with astro-