sunbown.

Brit.

/ˈsʌnbəʊ/, U.S.

/ˈsənˌboʊ/

Forms: see sun n.¹ and bow n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: sun n.¹, bow n.¹

Etymology: < sun n.¹ + bow n.¹In sense 2 after rainbow n.

†1. The arc (arc n. 2) of the sun. Obsolete.

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OE Glosses to Cosmographia of Aethicus Ister (Vesp. B.x) in Jrnl. Eng. & Germanic Philol. (1961) 60 445 Hiarcam [.i. solis arcum] .i. sunbogan.

2. A rainbow formed by refraction of sunlight in spray, mist, etc.; = rainbow n. 1b. Also: a fragment of a rainbow formed by the refraction of sunlight through ice crystals in the atmosphere. literary and poetic in early use.

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the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > light > chromatism > [noun] > rainbow > formed on water

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1816 P. B. Shelley Let. 22 July in Hist. Six Weeks' Tour (1817) 148 Spray..in the midst of which hung a multitude of sunbows.

1817 Ld. Byron Manfred ii. ii. 1 The sunbow's rays still arch The torrent with the many hues of heaven.

1831 G. P. R. James Philip Augustus I. ii The thousand colours of the sunbow that hung above its fall.

1847 J. G. Whittier To Delaware 13 The great lakes..Shall weave new sun-bows in their tossing spray.

1951 Rudder Aug. 25/2 However there will always be a sun or moon halo present, often colored swatches of cloud called sunbow and moonbow.

2008 B. Rhodes Marked One xv. 187 Dozens of multi-colored arcs hovered over the geysers... Someone said they were called sunbows.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	sunbow
释义	sunbown. Brit. /ˈsʌnbəʊ/, U.S. /ˈsənˌboʊ/ Forms: see sun n.¹ and bow n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: sun n.¹, bow n.¹ Etymology: < sun n.¹ + bow n.¹In sense 2 after rainbow n. †1. The arc (arc n. 2) of the sun. Obsolete. ΚΠ OE Glosses to Cosmographia of Aethicus Ister (Vesp. B.x) in Jrnl. Eng. & Germanic Philol. (1961) 60 445 Hiarcam [.i. solis arcum] .i. sunbogan. 2. A rainbow formed by refraction of sunlight in spray, mist, etc.; = rainbow n. 1b. Also: a fragment of a rainbow formed by the refraction of sunlight through ice crystals in the atmosphere. literary and poetic in early use. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > light > chromatism > [noun] > rainbow > formed on water sunbow1816 wave-rainbow1848 1816 P. B. Shelley Let. 22 July in Hist. Six Weeks' Tour (1817) 148 Spray..in the midst of which hung a multitude of sunbows. 1817 Ld. Byron Manfred ii. ii. 1 The sunbow's rays still arch The torrent with the many hues of heaven. 1831 G. P. R. James Philip Augustus I. ii The thousand colours of the sunbow that hung above its fall. 1847 J. G. Whittier To Delaware 13 The great lakes..Shall weave new sun-bows in their tossing spray. 1951 Rudder Aug. 25/2 However there will always be a sun or moon halo present, often colored swatches of cloud called sunbow and moonbow. 2008 B. Rhodes Marked One xv. 187 Dozens of multi-colored arcs hovered over the geysers... Someone said they were called sunbows. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.OE
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