the winter solstice

基本解释

For thousands of years, cultures the world over feted the winter solstice as the moment of the sun’s return, the turning of the wintry tide.
在几千年中，世界各地的文化都广泛庆祝冬至日，因为它是太阳回归的日子，是冬季潮汐变更方向的日子。
The last time a lunar eclipse occurred on the winter solstice, astronomer Galileo Galilei was languishing under house arrest for suggesting the Earth circled the sun.
上次月全食发生在冬至期间的时候，天文学家伽利略正因为自己提出“日心说”理论而被软禁着。
At that time of year the winter solstice was coming, and the Sun was moving into a lower declination in the sky.
这是逐渐临近冬至的一段时间，太阳的赤纬也是不断地缩小。

Indeed, it seems very likely that the winter solstice was not dedicated to Sol by the Romans until after the bishop of Rome first celebrated Christmas on December 25th in 336 AD.
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冬至
The second chapter Chinese attention focused on the reasons for the Winter Solstice Festival.
第二章主要探讨唐人重视冬至节的原因。