celestial

英 [s?'lest??l] 美[s?'l?st??l]

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1. ceiling => celestial.
2. ceiling => Latin caelum "heaven, sky" => cel- / cael- + -estial => celestial.

celestial 天空的

來自拉丁詞caelum, 天空，最終來自PIE*kaid,*skai, 照耀，明亮，詞源同candle, shine.

celestial (adj.): late 14c., "pertaining to heaven," from Old French celestial "celestial, heavenly, sky-blue," from Latin caelestis "heavenly, pertaining to the sky," from caelum "heaven, sky; abode of the gods; climate," which is of uncertain origin; perhaps from PIE *kaid-slo-, perhaps from a root also found in Germanic and Baltic meaning "bright, clear" (compare Lithuanian skaidrus "shining, clear;" Old English hador, German heiter "clear, shining, cloudless," Old Norse heie "clear sky").

The Latin word is the source of the usual word for "sky" in most of the Romance languages, such as French ciel, Spanish cielo, Italian cielo. General sense of "heavenly, very delightful" in English is from early 15c.

3. In the process of their careful watching and recording the celestial movements the Chinese provided valuable and interesting information for succeeding generations.: 古代中國人在仔細觀察、認真記錄天體運動的過程里，為后代留下了寶貴而又有趣的資料。

5. Celestial poles are situated directly over the earth's geographical poles.: 天極直接位于地球的地理極上面.