单词 | dark lantern |
释义 | dark lanternn. 1. a. A lantern with a movable panel that can be used to conceal the light. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > [noun] > lamp > lantern > with a slide to hide light blind lantern1581 dark lantern1612 darkie1811 guy1811 1612 J. Speed Theatre of Empire of Great Brit. x. i. 893/1 Sir Thomas Kneuet,..then searching the villaine that should haue hatched these egges, found about him a darke lanterne, three matches and other instruments for blowing vp the powder. 1680 E. Hickeringill Curse ye Meroz 27 Vaux is Vaux though he carry a Dark-lanthorn and wear a Vizard. 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth iv, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. I. 105 Simon Glover..now came to the door with a dark-lantern in his hand. 2008 Amer. Poetry Rev. 37 64/1 Several men were in it, with two lanterns, one the old-fashioned burglar's kind of dark lantern. b. figurative and in figurative contexts. Something likened to a dark lantern, esp. in either concealing or revealing something. ΘΚΠ society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > [noun] > one who or that which discloses or reveals bewrayerc1440 revelatorc1443 revealer1492 disclosera1513 detector1541 unmasker1605 dark lantern1616 unlocker1619 eye-opener1928 1616 T. Adams Divine Herball 109 Nature is but a darke Lanterne, when by it we endeuour to ransacke the conscience. a1795 S. Bishop Poet. Wks. (1796) I. 302 A dark lantern of wit, which tho' black in the face, Bursts point blank on your eyes. 1930 N. Devon Jrnl. 18 Dec. 2/1 Whenever a step forward was proposed the dark lantern of financial scrutiny was turned on to the cost of education. 1986 R. J. Ellrich in 'Tis Nature's Fault 226 Rather than a torch raised high, the eighteenth-century erotic might be visualized as a dark lantern..casting a beam of light into hidden corners. ΚΠ 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew A Dark-Lanthorn, the Servant or Agent that Receives the Bribe (at Court). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021). < n.1612 |
随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。