daystar

/ˈdā-ˌstär/ (ame, mw)

daystar — 名詞

1. Venus as it appears in the east shortly before sunrise.

1.名詞C1
釋義

晨星

黎明前東方天空中的金星

Venus as it appears in the east shortly before sunrise.

例句

Before dawn, Mateo saw the daystar above the eastern hills.

天快亮時，Mateo 看見晨星掛在東邊山丘上方。

before dawn + eastern sky

The guide told us the daystar was Venus, not a plane.

嚮導告訴我們，那顆晨星是金星，不是飛機。

daystar = Venus

同義詞
  • 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

反義詞
  • 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

❌I saw the daystar after dark.
✅I saw the daystar before sunrise.
💡in this sense, the word refers to Venus in the pre-dawn sky.

2. the sun, especially in poetic or religious writing.

2.名詞C1
釋義

太陽

詩文中對太陽的稱呼

the sun, especially in poetic or religious writing.

例句

By noon, the daystar had dried the rain from the stone road.

到了中午，太陽已把石板路上的雨水曬乾了。

daystar meaning the sun

In the hymn, the daystar poured light through the chapel windows.

在那首聖歌裡，太陽的光灑進了小教堂的窗戶。

poetic writing / light imagery

同義詞
  • sun

    the ordinary everyday word

  • sunlight

    focuses on the light rather than the heavenly body itself

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'.

常見錯誤

❌The daystar looked tiny beside the moon.
✅The daystar flooded the valley with heat.
💡here the word means the sun, not a small point of light.