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ลองค้นหาคำในรูปแบบอื่น ๆ เพื่อให้ได้ผลลัพธ์มากขึ้นหรือน้อยลง: -cynosur-, *cynosur*
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CMU English Pronouncing Dictionary Dictionary [with local updates]
cynosure

Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary (pronunciation guide only)
cynosure
cynosures

WordNet (3.0)
cynosure(n) something that provides guidance (as Polaris guides mariners)
cynosure(n) something that strongly attracts attention and admiration

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
Cynosural

a. Of or pertaining to a cynosure. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cynosure

n. [ L. Cynosura theconstellation Cynosure, Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; dog's tail, the constellation Cynosure; &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;, &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;, dog + o'yra` tail. SeeCynic. ] 1. The constellation of the Lesser Bear (Ursa Minor), to which, as containing the polar star, the eyes of mariners and travelers were often directed. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which serves to direct. Southey. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Anything to which attention is strongly turned; a center of attraction. [ 1913 Webster ]

Where perhaps some beauty lies,
The cynosure of neighboring eyes. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

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