(noun.) the brightest star in the sky; in Canis Major.
校对:拉里
双语例句
The name was applied by the ancients to a period of about forty days, the hottest season of the year, at the time of the rising of Sirius, the dog-star. 佚名.神奇的知识之书.
Not unnaturally Sirius was an object of worship. 李贝.西洋科学史.