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cosmo- 或 cosm-
pref.（前缀）
  1. Universe; world:
    宇宙；世界：
    cosmology.
    宇宙学

语源
  1. From Greek kosmos [order, universe]
    源自 希腊语 kosmos [次序，宇宙]
cosmo- or (before a vowel) cosm-

combining form

indicating the world or universe
⇒ cosmology
⇒ cosmonaut
⇒ cosmography

Origin

from Greek: cosmos

cosmo-

Word Origin
1
a combining form meaning “world,” “universe,” used in the formation of compound words: cosmography; in contemporary usage, sometimes representing Russian kosmo-, it may mean “outer space,” “space travel,” or “cosmic ray”:
cosmonaut.
Also, especially before a vowel, cosm-.
Compare astro-.
Origin
< Greek kosmo-, combining form of kósmos cosmos

Related Words

  • -cosm
  • astro-
  • cosm-
  • cosmochemistry
  • cosmodrome
  • cosmogony
cosmo-a word element representing cosmos.
cosmo-
/ˈkɒzməʊ/  
combining form
of or relating to the world or the universe
表示“（与）世界（有关）的”; “（与）宇宙（有关）的”：

cosmodrome

cosmography.

词源
from Greek kosmos 'order, world'.
cosmo-before a vowel cosm-, combining form of Gr. κόσµος cosmos, as in cosmoˈcentric a., centred in the cosmos; † cosmoˈcritics, critical investigations of the world or universe; † cosˈmodelyte (see quot.); ˈcosmodrome [aerodrome], a launching site for spacecraft in Russia; cosˈmosophy, knowledge or science of the cosmos; † cosmo-teˈllurian (see quot.); † cosmo-ˈzoism, the theory that the cosmos is endowed with life (see quot.). See also following words.a1866J. Grote Moral Ideals (1876) 189 Becoming..*cosmocentric instead of autocentric in our knowledge.1907W. R. Inge Pers. Idealism 103 Constructing our universe on a Christocentric or cosmocentric basis, not a self-centred one.1913A. J. Hubbard Fate of Empires ii. vii. 167 The Chinese [people] must be classed as one profoundly moved by the sense of cosmocentric duty.1686Goad Celest. Bodies ii. xiv. 354 Gemma's *Cosmocriticks.1656Blount Glossogr., *Cosmodelyte, may be derived from κόσµος mundus, and δεῖλος, timidus or miser; and so Englished, one fearful of the world, or a worldly wretch. [Hence in Bailey (1721–90).]1953Jrnl. Brit. Interplanetary Soc. XII. 81 Soviet..artificial satellites..will be launched from an extensive ‘*cosmodrome’ at Kaluga.1964Yearbook Astr. 1965 139 The Russians have always been unwilling to open their research centres, plant and cosmodromes to Western observers.1970Daily Tel. 25 Sept. 5/6 The capsule..landed..about 125 miles from the cosmodrome from which it was launched.1848Southey Comm.-pl. Bk. IV. 578 The various sophy's—*cosmosophy, kerdosophy.1867J. H. Stirling Schwegler's Hist. Philos. (ed. 8) 350 Erdmann views the Theosophy of the middle ages as a necessary complement to the Cosmosophy of the ancients.1882Syd. Soc. Lex., *Cosmo-tellurian influences, conditions, celestial and terrestrial, such as eclipses, stellar influences..earthquakes, and the like, which were formerly supposed to affect the constitution..of various diseases.1678Cudworth Intell. Syst. I. iii. §26. 132 That the whole world..was..an animal, as our human bodies are, endued with one sentient or rational life and nature, one soul or mind, governing and ordering the whole. Which Corporeal *Cosmo-zoism we do not reckon amongst the Forms of Atheism.
cosmo-
before a vowel cosm-, word-forming element from Latinized form of Greek kosmos (see cosmos). In older use, "the world, the universe;" since 1950s, especially of outer space.
cosmo- /ˈkɒzməʊ/ combining form.
ORIGIN: Greek kosmo- from kosmos cosmos noun1: see -o-.
Used in words adapted from Greek and in English words modelled on these, with the sense ‘world, universe’.
 DERIVATIVE cosmoˈcentric adjective centred in the cosmos M19.
cosmoˈchemical adjective of or pertaining to cosmochemistry M20.
cosmoˈchemically adverb from a cosmochemical point of view M20.
cosmoˈchemistry noun the branch of science that deals with the chemical properties of stars etc. and the cosmic distribution of elements and compounds M20.
cosmodrome noun [after aerodrome] in the countries of the former USSR, a launching site for spacecraft M20.
cosmogeˈnetic adjective = cosmogenic (a) L19.
cosmoˈgenic adjective (a) of or pertaining to cosmogeny; (b) of cosmic origin: E20.
cosˈmogeny noun the origin or evolution of the universe M19.
cosmoˈrama noun a peep show containing views of all parts of the world E19.
cosmoˈramic adjective belonging to or of the nature of a cosmorama E19.
cosmoˈthetic adjective that posits or assumes an external world M19.
cosmo-
combining form.
world; universe, as in cosmology, cosmochemistry.
cosmic rays, as in cosmogenic.
outer space; space travel, as in cosmonautics.
[< Greek kósmos world]
cosmo-
— see cosm-

cosmo-
  • cosm-

    • Prefix

    1. universe, world

    Etymology

    From Ancient Greek κόσμος (kósmos, “universe”).

    Derived terms

  • cosmochemistry
  • cosmogony
  • cosmography
  • cosmology
  • cosmonaut
  • cosmopolis
  • cosmopolitan
  • cosmopolite
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