English Dictionary

matutine

/məˈtu.tɪn/

adj

Of or relating to early morning; occurring in the early morning; matutinal. / (astrology) Before the sun (of the rising of a planet or star); that rises before the sun (of a planet or star).

I enjoy the matutine calmness of the beach before the crowds arrive.

意味（1）

Of or relating to early morning; occurring in the early morning; matutinal.

During a residence of nearly two years in Switzerland, the first object that my eyes opened upon every morning was the snow-clad summit of Mount Blanc; and I thought that a glorious sight. But the glaciers that now form, next to the Omnipotent Being who created them, my first objects of matutine contemplation, present a battalion of icy pinnacles, amogst which Mount Blanc, with its pitiful fifteen thousand feet, would scarcely be admitted in the rear rank!

意味（2）

(astrology) Before the sun (of the rising of a planet or star); that rises before the sun (of a planet or star).

If, at the time of the matutine ſetting of the Dolphin, there be ſhowers, there will be none at the riſing of Arcturus. […] The matutine riſing of the greater Dog begetteth heat, troubleth the ſeas, and changeth all things.