| 单词 | marsh-light |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmarsh-light marsh-light n. a will-o'-the-wisp (also figurative). 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 1823 W. F. Deacon Inn-keeper's Album 370 They are small gentleman-like marsh-lights, and the Doctor is of opinion, that by good treatment, they might be so far tamed, as to form an excellentsubstitute for gas-lights. 1865 C. P. Cranch in Serm. Slavery & Civil War 35 Rise then, O countrymen! Scatter these marsh-light hopes of Union won Through pardoning clemency. 1927 Daily Express 17 Sept. 5/3 In nine times out of ten..the premonition is shown afterwards to be a mere marsh-light and delusion. But the hundredth time it is the truth. 1966 E. Palmer Plains of Camdeboo iii. 43 They were terrified of the marsh lights, the will-o'-the-wisps, that were..seen about the dam. 2002 D. Teresi Lost Discoveries (2003) v. 202 Marsh lights (ignes fatui), the glowing lights seen over swamps and decayed matter, were associated by the Chinese with blood and death. < as lemmas |
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