關鍵字彙：
celestial/ constellation/ cosmic/ crescent/ diurnal/ nocturnal/ wane/ wax
1. 「和宇宙有關的」叫cosmic，「和天有關的」叫celestial：
•Cosmic forces produce stars and meteors.
•The sun, the stars, and the moon are celestial bodies.
•Almost every major religion in the world urges its believers to create the celestial happiness on earth rather than in the remote paradise.
•We enjoyed the celestial music from the angelic choir.
2. 「星座」叫constellation：
•Ursa Major is the most conspicuous of the constellations in the northern sky.
3. 「日間發生的」、「日常的」叫diurnal，「夜間發生的」叫nocturnal：
•A diurnal earthquake is no less terrible than a nocturnal one.
•A farmer cannot neglect his diurnal tasks at any time; cows, for example, must be milked regularly.
•We were awakened by the sounds of a nocturnal prowler.
4. 月亮「漸圓」叫wax，「漸缺」叫wane，「弦月」叫crescent：
•The moon waxes till it becomes full, and then it begins to wane.
•The moon waxes and wanes.
•We can usually have a waxing moon at the mid-autumn festival.
•The national emblem of Turkey is a crescent.
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