god of fire and metal-work in Roman mythology, 1510s, from Latin Vulcanus, Volcanus, according to Klein a word of Etruscan origin. Often with allusions to his lameness and the unfaithfulness of his wife, Venus. As the name of a hypothetical planet between Mercury and the Sun, it is attested from 1860. French physician Edmond Modeste Lescarbault claimed to have discovered it crossing the Sun's disk in 1859. The Roman feast of Vulcanalia was on Aug. 23.
双语例句
1. The name Vulcan was given to the undiscovered planet.
一颗不为人知的行星被命名为“祝融”。
来自柯林斯例句
2. VULCAN software system has successfully been used by MAPTEX corporation.
VULCAN软件系统是由澳大利亚MAPTEK公司开发成功的.
来自互联网
3. He drenched Vulcan with wine, conducted him to Olympus.
请伏尔甘饮了美酒, 然后引他到奥林匹斯山上去.
来自辞典例句
4. Mars sought to bring Vulcan to Heaven by force that he might undo his trickery.
