Antlia

专有名词

英文释义

专有名词
  1. A faint winter constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a pump. The common English name is "Air pump".

词源

Borrowed from Latin antlia (“pump for drawing water”), from Ancient Greek ἀντλία (antlía, “bilge water”).
Originally called Antlia pneumatica (“air pump”) in the 18th century by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille.
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