单词 | mountain spectre |
释义 | > as lemmasmountain spectre mountain spectre n. †(a) a Brocken spectre (see Brocken n.) (obsolete); (b) an apparition seen in the mountains. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > optical illusion > [noun] > an optical illusion > mirage mirage1812 seraba1835 mountain spectre1880 1880 Encycl. Brit. XI. 399/2 Mountain spectres are caused by reflexion, and often appear accompanied by chromatic halos. 1901 Dict. National Biogr. Suppl. I. 134/1 His ‘Mountain Sylph’..was written under the inspiration of legendary forest magi and mountain spectres belonging to Germany. 1944 M. Rukeyser Coll. Poems (1978) 207 Hallucination and the metal laugh In clouds, and the mountain-spectre riding storm. < as lemmas |
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