late 14c., from Late Latin diurnalis "daily," from Latin dies "day" + -urnus, an adjectival suffix denoting time (compare hibernus "wintery"). Dies "day" is from PIE root *dyeu- "to shine" (cognates: Sanskrit diva "by day," Welsh diw, Breton deiz "day;" Armenian tiw; Lithuanian diena; Old Church Slavonic dini, Polish dzień, Russian den), literally "to shine" (compare Greek delos "clear;" Latin deus, Sanskrit deva "god," literally "shining one;" Avestan dava- "spirit, demon;" Lithuanian devas, Old Norse tivar "gods;" Old English Tig, genitive Tiwes, see Tuesday).
雙語例句
1. the diurnal rotation of the earth
地球的周日自轉
來自《權威詞典》
2. " Rolled round in earth's diurnal course, With rocks , and stones, and trees. "
每天與巖石和樹木一起, 隨地球循環(huán)旋轉.
來自英漢 - 翻譯樣例 - 文學
3. Kangaroos are diurnal animals.
袋鼠是日間活動的動物。
來自辭典例句
4. The diurnal springs correspond to the semidiurnal neaps and vice versa.
全日潮大潮對應于半日潮小潮,反之亦然.
來自辭典例句
5. Over water the diurnal change in refraction is likely to be small.