释义 |
nimb|nɪmb| [ad. L. nimbus nimbus. Cf. F. nimbe.] A nimbus or halo.
1849Rock Ch. of Fathers II. 98 The nimb or circle, betokening endless, heavenly happiness, about the head of St. Dunstan. 1870― Text. Fabr. i. 44 The places, now bare, in the nimb and neck were..once filled in with fine seed-pearls. 1880Smith's Dict. Chr. Antiq. s.v. Nimbus, The aureole..may be defined as the nimb of the body. |