horoscope

/ˈhɒrəskəʊp/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈhɔːrəskəʊp/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈhȯr-ə-ˌskōp ˈhär-/ (ame, mw)

horoscope — noun

  • horoscopesingular
  • horoscopesplural

1. a short written prediction about someone's future, worked out from where the sun

1.名詞B2
釋義

a short written prediction about someone's future, worked out from where the sun, moon, and planets were in the sky on the day that person was born.

例句

Theo reads his horoscope in the newspaper every Sunday morning over coffee.

read + possessive + horoscope (everyday habit pattern)

Jessica's horoscope warned her to avoid arguments with close family this week.

[possessor]'s horoscope warned + clause (typical predictive frame)

同義詞
  • forecast

    general word for any prediction; 'horoscope' is specifically astrological

  • stars

    informal: 'read your stars' means read your horoscope, especially in a newspaper

文法句型

read one's horoscope

check the horoscope

用法筆記

Almost always countable: 'a horoscope', 'my horoscope', 'today's horoscope'. Common verbs are 'read', 'check', and (of the horoscope itself) 'predict', 'warn', 'promise', 'say'.

常見錯誤

❌I read my horoscope of today.
✅I read my horoscope for today.
💡use 'for' with a time period, not 'of'.
❌She believes in horoscope.
✅She believes in horoscopes.
💡when speaking in general, use the plural.

2. a circular diagram that an astrologer draws to show where every planet sat in th

2.名詞C1
釋義

a circular diagram that an astrologer draws to show where every planet sat in the sky at the exact moment of a person's birth, then reads to describe that person's character and likely future.

例句

The astrologer drew up a detailed horoscope for the newborn baby of the Watanabe family.

draw up + a horoscope + for [person] (technical creation collocation)

Bao studied the horoscope on the wall, trying to read what each symbol meant.

horoscope as visible chart object (concrete artifact reading)

同義詞
  • natal chart

    more technical name for the same diagram used by serious astrologers

  • birth chart

    everyday term for a horoscope drawn for the moment of birth

文法句型

draw up a horoscope

cast a horoscope

用法筆記

Distinguish from sense 1: this sense names the underlying chart that astrologers draw and interpret; sense 1 names the short prediction printed for the reader. The verbs differ — you 'draw up' or 'cast' a horoscope (sense 2), but you 'read' a horoscope (sense 1).

常見錯誤

❌The astrologer wrote my horoscope on paper.
✅The astrologer drew up my horoscope on paper.
💡for the chart sense, the standard verbs are 'draw up' or 'cast', not 'write'.