c. 1200, "supreme deity of the ancient Romans," from Latin Iupeter, from PIE *dyeu-peter- "god-father" (originally vocative, "the name naturally occurring most frequently in invocations" [Tucker]), from *deiw-os "god" (see Zeus) + peter "father" in the sense of "male head of a household" (see father). Compare Greek Zeu pater, vocative of Zeus pater "Father Zeus;" Sanskrit Dyauspita "heavenly father." The planet name is attested from late 13c. Jupiter Pluvius "Jupiter as dispenser of rain" was used jocularly from 1864.
雙語例句
1. The planet Jupiter may have no solid surface at all.
木星表面可能根本就不是固體的。
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
2. The scientist could not calculate when the spaceship would reach the Jupiter.
那位科學(xué)家沒有算出那艘宇宙飛船什么時候會到達木星.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. The astronomers were taking an observation of Jupiter.
天文學(xué)家們正在觀測木星.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
4. How many moons has the planet Jupiter?
木星有幾個衛(wèi)星?
來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
5. This latest CRP study also raises questions about a clinical trial published last year called JUPITER.