daystar
/ˈdā-ˌstär/ (ame, mw)
daystar — noun
1. Venus as it appears in the east shortly before sunrise.
Venus as it appears in the east shortly before sunrise.
Before dawn, Mateo saw the daystar above the eastern hills.
before dawn + eastern sky
The guide told us the daystar was Venus, not a plane.
daystar = Venus
Just before sunrise, Minho photographed the daystar over the quiet harbor.
Grandma taught Ilan that the daystar often appears before the sun.
- morning star
the clearest modern label for Venus before sunrise
- Venus
the scientific name, without the poetic tone
- dawn star
another poetic label for the same bright planet
- evening star
the same planet seen after sunset instead of before dawn
文法句型
the daystar
see the daystar before sunrise
用法筆記
This is a literary or old-fashioned name for Venus when it is visible before sunrise. The same planet may be called the evening star when it appears after sunset.
常見錯誤
2. the sun, especially in poetic or religious writing.
the sun, especially in poetic or religious writing.
By noon, the daystar had dried the rain from the stone road.
daystar meaning the sun
In the hymn, the daystar poured light through the chapel windows.
poetic writing / light imagery
Farmers waited for the daystar to warm the frozen ground.
After the storm, the daystar lit the wet roofs across town.
文法句型
the daystar
the daystar + light/warm + noun
用法筆記
This sense is rare in ordinary speech and mostly appears in poems, hymns, or elevated prose. In everyday English, people simply say 'the sun'.