star cluster in constellation Taurus, late 14c., from Greek Hyades, popularly explained as "rain-bringers" (from hyein "to rain"), because wet weather supposedly began coincidentally with their heliacal rising, but in fact probably from hys "swine" (the popular Latin word for them was Suculae "little pigs"). Grimm ("Teutonic Mythology") lists the Anglo-Saxon glosses of Hyades as Raedgastran, Raedgasnan, Redgaesrum.
雙語例句
1. Pleiades are approximately 440 light - years away and the Hyades are about one - third that distance: 150 light - years .
昴星團(離地球)大約有440 光年 遠,而畢星團則大約是此距離的 三分之一: 150 光年.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
2. Most of the V is formed by an open cluster of stars, called the Hyades.