| 释义 |
† ˈnoctuary Obs. rare.
[f. L. noct-, nox night, noctū by night, after diary.]
An account of what passes during the night.
1714Byrom Spect. No. 586 ⁋10, I have got a Parcel of Visions and other Miscellanies in my Noctuary. 1812Southey Omniana II. 61 It stands thus in a diary or rather noctuary of dreams. 1829J. Miller Sibyl's Leaves II. 365 [He] might have been a profound philosopher in spite of his noctuary. 1910Chambers's Jrnl. Sept. 594/2 My sceptical friends..say I kept myself awake on purpose to write this noctuary. |