god of fire and metal-work in Roman mythology, 1510s, from Latin Vulcanus, Volcanus, according to Klein a word of Etruscan origin. Often with allusions to his lameness and the unfaithfulness of his wife, Venus. As the name of a hypothetical planet between Mercury and the Sun, it is attested from 1860. French physician Edmond Modeste Lescarbault claimed to have discovered it crossing the Sun's disk in 1859. The Roman feast of Vulcanalia was on Aug. 23.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. The name Vulcan was given to the undiscovered planet.
一顆不為人知的行星被命名為“祝融”。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
2. VULCAN software system has successfully been used by MAPTEX corporation.
VULCAN軟件系統(tǒng)是由澳大利亞MAPTEK公司開發(fā)成功的.
來(lái)自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
3. He drenched Vulcan with wine, conducted him to Olympus.
請(qǐng)伏爾甘飲了美酒, 然后引他到奧林匹斯山上去.
來(lái)自辭典例句
4. Mars sought to bring Vulcan to Heaven by force that he might undo his trickery.