| 单词 | ghost light |
| 释义 | > as lemmasghost light ghost light n. now rare phosphorescent light seen hovering or floating at night, esp. over marshy ground, that appears to move away when approached; an instance of this; a will-o'-the-wisp; cf. corpse-light n. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > light emitted under particular conditions > [noun] > phosphorescence > will-o'-the-wisp fox-fire1483 foolish fire1563 ignis fatuus1563 fool's fire1583 Kit with the canstick or candlestick1584 going fire1596 will-o'-the-wisp1596 meteor1597 firedrake1607 wisp1618 ambulones1621 Dick-a-Tuesday1636 friar's lantern1645 gillian burnt-tail1654 Jill-burnt-tail1654 Jack-o'-lantern1658 fatuous fire1661 wildfire1663 wandering fire or light1667 Jack-a-Lent1680 fairy light1722 spunkie1727 Jill-o'-the-wisp1750 fen-fire1814 fatuus1820 marsh-light1823 feu follet1832 wisp-lighta1847 hob-lantern1847 ghost light1849 elf-fire1855 Peggy-with-her-lantern1855 fatuous light1857–8 marsh-fire1865 swamp fire1903 Min-Min1950 1849 J. Pereira Elements Materia Medica (ed. 3) I. ii. 58 Luminous appearances (corpse-lights; ghost-lights;) are also seen by them over graves. 1897 Folk-Lore Sept. 215 A. F. says that he himself saw what they call a ghost-light. 2006 A. M. Foley Having my Say ii. 7 Some claim Robbins Landing is haunted with ghost lights, but any lights I saw around there, I think were just marsh gas. < as lemmas |
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