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单词 wind-gall
释义 ˈwind-gall2
[Cf. G. windgalle, -gelle, and water-gall, weather-gall.]
A fragment of a rainbow or of a prismatically-coloured halo, supposed to presage windy weather: = weather-gall.
1823J. F. Cooper Pilot I. ii. 19 There be streaked wind-galls in the offing, that speak..plainly..to shorten sail.1840F. D. Bennett Whaling Voy. I. 3 We noticed the phenomenon named by nautical men a ‘wind-gall’..or ‘sun-dog’.1860Fitz-Roy in Merc. Marine Mag. VII. 344.
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