horoscope

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

horoscope — 名詞

  • horoscopesingular
  • horoscopesplural

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

1.名詞B2
釋義

星座運勢

依出生日預測個人運勢的短文

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.

Theo 每個星期日早上喝咖啡時都會讀報紙上的星座運勢。

read + possessive + horoscope (everyday habit pattern)

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

Jessica 的星座運勢警告她這週要避免與親近家人爭吵。

[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

星盤；命盤

依出生時星象繪製的占星圖表

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.

占星師為 Watanabe 家剛出生的寶寶繪製了一張詳細的星盤。

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

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

Bao 仔細端詳牆上的星盤，試著解讀每個符號的意思。

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'.