"divided into three lobes," 1620s, from Latin trifidus "cleft in three," from tri- "three" (see tri-) + -fid. This adjective probably inspired triffid, the name of the three-legged walking poisonous plants in John Wyndham's novel "The Day of the Triffids" (1951).
雙語例句
1. The Trifid Nebula itself represents the final phase of star formation.
三葉星云本身代表著恒星形成的最后階段.
來自辭典例句
2. The Trifid is a little dimmer than the Lagoon.
三葉星云比瀉湖星云稍暗一些.
來自互聯網
3. Trifid got its name because in photographs it has three distinct lobes.
三葉星云是由于在照片中呈現出三片葉子形狀而得名.
來自互聯網
4. Tenth, we see a fragment of the Trifid Nebula, a stellar cradle to 9000 light - years .