单词 | swamp fire |
释义 | > as lemmasswamp fire swamp fire n. Canadian methane burning in a swampy area; a will-o'-the-wisp (also used in metaphorical comparisons). 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 1903 S. E. White Forest 122 Like swamp-fire, it lured the imagination always on and on and on through the secret waterways of the uninhabited North. 1954 V. Lysenko Yellow Boots 146 Behind them the swamp fire, like a gigantic Jack o'lantern, bumped and danced and ran around the sky, then finally, as it reached the ground, evaporated into the night air. 1982 H. Lieberman Night Call iii. 12 Daughtry's reputation..traveled like swampfire. < as lemmas |
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