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单词 queen of the night
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queen of the nightn.

Brit. /ˌkwiːn əv ðə ˈnʌɪt/, U.S. /ˌkwin əv ðə ˈnaɪt/
Forms:

α. 1600s queene of the night, 1600s– queen of the night.

β. 1600s– queen of night (in sense 1).

Also with capital initials.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: queen n., of prep., the adj., night n.
Etymology: In α. forms < queen n. + of prep. + the adj. + night n. In β. forms < queen n. + of prep. + night n.
1. Chiefly poetic and literary. (A name given to) the moon.
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the world > the universe > planet > primary planet > moon > [noun]
moonOE
Diana1398
Hecatec1420
lady of the night1480
luna?1499
Lucina?1504
Phoebe1600
queen of the night?1610
mother of months1613
noctiluca1623
Cynthia1645
Oliver?1747
star-queen1818
Paddy's lantern1834
parish lantern1847
night-sun1855
?1610 J. Fletcher Faithfull Shepheardesse v. i. sig. Lv Hold by the Moone, and gently make Suite to the pale Queene of the night, For a Beame to giue thee light.
1680 T. Otway Hist. Caius Marius ii. 16 The Queen of Night Shines fair with all her Virgin-stars about her.
1699 P. A. Motteux Island Princess iv. ii. 29 Hear, gentle Moon, pale Queen of Night, And ye refulgent Orbs of Light.
1720 S. Browne Hymns & Spiritual Songs iii. 335 And the pale moon shone out with borrow'd ray, Queen of the night, as he [sc. the sun] commands the day.
1743 P. Francis tr. Horace Secular Poem iv, in P. Francis & W. Dunkin tr. Horace Odes II. 369 Sweetly-shining Queen of Night.
1777 London Mag. Aug. 429/2 How harmless and sweet are the joys of the plain,..When shines the bright moon, radiant queen of the night.
1831 Royal Lady's Mag. Mar. 159Queen of the night, how I bless thy light !’ Cried the maid.
1879 Pop. Sci. Monthly Jan. 291 So, then, this queen of the night, once supposed to be a kind of lantern,..is our nearest celestial neighbour.
1904 Collier's 7 May 22/3 His opinion naturally excites much interest among astronomers, and among all who are accustomed to watch and admire the queen of night, even though they take little interest in the scientific problems she presents.
1957 New Scientist 26 Dec. 21/1 In the youth and relative innocence of your species, the Moon was a sign in the firmament, a silver goddess, the Queen of the Night.
1998 P. Haydn Astrological Moon ii. 6 The Sun became identified as the King of Day, the God of Light; the Moon became known as the Queen of Night, the Goddess of Darkness.
2007 P. Bond Distant Worlds iv. 69 (heading) The moon: queen of the night.
2. = Hecate n. 1b.
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the world > the supernatural > deity > classical deity > [noun] > Hecate
Hecate1638
queen of the night1642
1642 A. Ross Mel Heliconium ii. 55 When they thought he had been slain, He reviv'd and rose again. Hecate queen of the night Held him not for all her might.
1647 A. Ross Mystagogvs Poeticvs viii. 114 Hecate..is indeed the childe of hell, and queen of the night, for shee domineers in times of darknesse.
1994 D. J. Conway Maiden, Mother, Crone ix. 92 Hecate was called the Silver-Footed Queen of the Night, as was Persephone.
2010 D. Facaros & M. Pauls Tuscany (ed. 5) 429 A fine Roman alabaster Hecate, the queen of the night.
3. Any of several tropical and subtropical plants flowering or particularly fragrant at night, esp. night-blooming cereus, Selenicereus grandiflorus, and the Asian plant Cestrum nocturnum (family Solanaceae).
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the world > plants > particular plants > cactus and allies > [noun] > other cacti
hedgehog thistle1597
Opuntia1601
mescal1709
Barbados gooseberry1756
night-flowering cereus1789
vygebosch1795
night-blooming cereus1799
rhipsalis1819
pigface1830
window plant1838
old man cactus1845
cholla1846
fish-hook cactus1846
spleenwort1846
epiphyllum1858
old man's head1858
rainbow cactus1860
green snake1864
torchwood1866
queen of the night1870
vingerpol1875
nipple cactus1876
niggerhead1877
rat's tail cactus1878
rat-tail cactus1878
Christmas cactus1880
barrel cactus1881
peyote1885
mistletoe cactus1889
schlumbergera1898
pincushion1940
opuntioid1944
1870 Appletons' Jrnl. Lit., Sci. & Art 12 Nov. 574/2 The sublime ‘queen of the night’ (Cereus nycticalus), whose large, snow-white corolla expands at evening, and gives forth its fragrant odor.
1920 N. L. Britton & C. F. Millspaugh Bahama Flora 294 Selenicereus grandiflorus... Queen-of-the-Night. Often cultivated.
1971 Fashion Panorama (Ceylon) Apr.–June 21 The Queen of the night was in full bloom outside and its heavy and overpowering scent reached her from the garden.
2000 Marie Claire (Johannesburg) Oct. 149/2 The heart of the fragrance blends figs and the Queen of the Night cactus flower, which blooms for only one night a year.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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