埃拉托塞尼斯
Traditional form:
埃拉托塞尼斯
Pinyin (reading):
Aīlātuōsènísī
Definitions:
- Eratosthenes of Cyrene (c. 276-c. 195 BC), ancient Greek mathematician and inventor
Characters:
- 埃 - fine dust; dirt; Angstrom
- 拉 - to pull, to drag; to seize, to hold; to lengthen; to play (a violin)
- 托 - to raise, to support; to entrust, to rely on
- 塞 - to stop up, to seal, to cork, to block; pass, frontier; fortress
- 尼 - Buddhist nun; used in transliterations
- 斯 - this, thus, such; emphatic particle; used in transliterations
Traditional characters:
- 埃 - fine dust; dirt; Angstrom
- 拉 - to pull, to drag; to seize, to hold; to lengthen; to play (a violin)
- 托 - to raise, to support; to entrust, to rely on
- 塞 - to stop up, to seal, to cork, to block; pass, frontier; fortress
- 尼 - Buddhist nun; used in transliterations
- 斯 - this, thus, such; emphatic particle; used in transliterations