1670s, "of Ptolemy," Alexandrian astronomer (2c.) whose geocentric model of the universe was accepted until the time of Copernicus and Kepler. Also (1771) "of the Ptolemies," Macedonian Greek dynasty that ruled Egypt from the death of Alexander to Cleopatra. Earlier form was Ptolemaean (1640s).
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. It is difficult to determine what caused Copernicus to overthrow the fourteen - hundred - year - old Ptolemaic theory.
很難斷定什么原因使Copernicus拋棄了有1400年之久的 Ptolemaic 理論.
來(lái)自辭典例句
2. Various oil - producing plants had been grown in Egypt long before Ptolemaic times.
在托勒密王朝統(tǒng)治埃及之前,埃及曾種植各種油料作物.
來(lái)自英漢非文學(xué) - 文明史
3. This ptolemaic temple was built to honor two gods.
這座托勒密神廟的建造是為了紀(jì)念兩個(gè)神。
來(lái)自辭典例句
4. Ptolemaic Egypt was a great trading nation.
托勒密統(tǒng)治下的埃及貿(mào)易業(yè)非常發(fā)達(dá).
來(lái)自英漢非文學(xué) - 文明史
5. It is generally believed that Egypt was Greekized in Ptolemaic times from 332 to 30 B.