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Neptune 音标拼音: [n'ɛptun] n. 海王星 海王星 Neptune n 1: ( Roman mythology) god of the sea; counterpart of Greek Poseidon 2: a giant planet with a ring of ice particles; the 8th planet from the sun is the most remote of the gas giants; " the existence of Neptune was predicted from perturbations in the orbit of Uranus and it was then identified in 1846" Neptune \ Nep" tune\, prop. n. [ L. Neptunus.] 1. ( Rom. Myth.) The son of Saturn and Ops, the god of the waters, especially of the sea. He is represented as bearing a trident for a scepter. [ 1913 Webster] 2. ( Astron.) The remotest major planet of our solar system, discovered -- as a result of the computations of Leverrier, of Paris -- by Galle, of Berlin, September 23, 1846. It is classed as a gas giant, and has a radius of 22, 716 km and an estimated mass of 1. 027 x 10^{ 26} kg, with an average density of 2. 27 g/ cc. Its mean distance from the sun is about 5, 000, 000, 000 km ( 3, 106, 856, 000 miles), and its period of revolution is about 164. 78 years. [ 1913 Webster PJC] { Neptune powder}, an explosive containing nitroglycerin, -- used in blasting. { Neptune' s cup} ( Zool.), a very large, cup- shaped, marine sponge ({ Thalassema Neptuni}). [ 1913 Webster] 151 Moby Thesaurus words for " Neptune": AB, Agdistis, Amor, Ancient Mariner, Aphrodite, Apollo, Apollon, Ares, Argonaut, Artemis, Ate, Athena, Bacchus, Ceres, Cora, Cronus, Cupid, Cybele, Davy, Davy Jones, Demeter, Despoina, Diana, Dionysus, Dis, Dylan, Earth, Eros, Flying Dutchman, Gaea, Gaia, Ge, Great Mother, Hades, Helios, Hephaestus, Hera, Here, Hermes, Hestia, Hymen, Hyperion, Jove, Juno, Jupiter, Jupiter Fidius, Jupiter Fulgur, Jupiter Optimus Maximus, Jupiter Pluvius, Jupiter Tonans, Kore, Kronos, Magna Mater, Mars, Mercury, Minerva, Mithras, Momus, Nereid, Nereus, Nike, OD, Oceanid, Oceanus, Olympians, Olympic gods, Ops, Orcus, Persephassa, Persephone, Phoebus, Phoebus Apollo, Pluto, Poseidon, Proserpina, Proserpine, Rhea, Saturn, Tellus, Thetis, Triton, Uranus, Varuna, Venus, Vesta, Vulcan, Zeus, able seaman, able- bodied seaman, asteroid, bluejacket, buccaneer, deep- sea man, fair- weather sailor, fisherman, fresh- water nymph, hearty, inferior planet, jack, jack afloat, jack- tar, jacky, kelpie, limey, limniad, lobsterman, major planet, man fish, mariner, matelot, mermaid, merman, minor planet, naiad, navigator, nix, nixie, ocean nymph, pirate, planet, planetoid, privateer, sailor, salt, sea devil, sea dog, sea god, sea nymph, sea rover, sea- maid, sea- maiden, seafarer, seafaring man, seaman, secondary planet, shipman, siren, solar system, superior planet, tar, terrestrial planet, undine, viking, wanderer, water dog, water god, water spirit, water sprite, whaler, windjammer, windsailor
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