southern lightsn.

Brit.

/ˌsʌðn ˈlʌɪts/, U.S.

/ˌsəðərn ˈlaɪts/

Forms: also with capital initials.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: southern adj., light n.¹

Etymology: < southern adj. + the plural of light n.¹, after northern lights n.

With plural agreement. The aurora australis.

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aurora australis1744

southern lights1773

1773 J. Cook Jrnl. 20 Feb. in Second Voy. Round World (1776) 21 This evening had a view of the southern lights, distinguishable, bright and clear.

1777 G. Forster Voy. round World I. 116 The stars were sometimes hid by..these southern lights (aurora australis).

1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. 62 Cook was the first navigator who recorded the southern lights.

1901 Pop. Sci. Monthly May 21 The antarctic continent, which is just the region from which the southern lights can best be studied, is still unexplored.

1971 G. Wisewould Outpost 154 On occasions during summer one sees the ‘southern lights’, long after sunset, gleaming pale on the horizon.

2003 N. Calder Magic Universe 620 Maoris in New Zealand imagined the aurora australis, the Southern Lights, to be distress signals.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	southern lights
释义	southern lightsn. Brit. /ˌsʌðn ˈlʌɪts/, U.S. /ˌsəðərn ˈlaɪts/ Forms: also with capital initials. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: southern adj., light n.¹ Etymology: < southern adj. + the plural of light n.¹, after northern lights n. With plural agreement. The aurora australis. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > luminous appearance > [noun] > aurora > aurora australis aurora australis1744 southern lights1773 1773 J. Cook Jrnl. 20 Feb. in Second Voy. Round World (1776) 21 This evening had a view of the southern lights, distinguishable, bright and clear. 1777 G. Forster Voy. round World I. 116 The stars were sometimes hid by..these southern lights (aurora australis). 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. 62 Cook was the first navigator who recorded the southern lights. 1901 Pop. Sci. Monthly May 21 The antarctic continent, which is just the region from which the southern lights can best be studied, is still unexplored. 1971 G. Wisewould Outpost 154 On occasions during summer one sees the ‘southern lights’, long after sunset, gleaming pale on the horizon. 2003 N. Calder Magic Universe 620 Maoris in New Zealand imagined the aurora australis, the Southern Lights, to be distress signals. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1773
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