| 释义 |
Avern poet.|əˈvɜːn|
[a. F. Averne ‘the pit of hell’ (Cotgr. 1611), ad. L. Avernus (sc. lacus), = Gr. ἄορνος (λίµνη) the birdless (lake), f. ἀ priv. + ὄρνις bird.]
orig. A lake in Campania, the poisonous effluvium from which was said to kill birds flying over it. transf. The infernal regions.
1599Greene Alphon. (1861) 227 Pluto, king of dark Avern. |