late 14c., "god of the sea," from Latin Neptunus, son of Saturn, brother of Jupiter, the Roman god of the sea (later identified with Greek Poseidon), probably from PIE root *nebh- "cloud" (source of Latin nebula "fog, mist, cloud;" see nebula), via a sense of "moist, wet." The planet so named was discovered by Galle in 1846. Until the identification of Pluto in 1930, it was the most distant planet known.
雙語例句
1. Neptune is the furthest planet from the sun.
海王星是離太陽最遠(yuǎn)的行星.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
2. Neptune turned out to be a dynamic, stormy world.
海王星原來是個(gè)有生氣 、 多風(fēng)暴的世界.
來自百科語句
3. He managed to walk a little farther - but he never reached the Neptune.