| 单词 | terror-gleam |
| 释义 | > as lemmasterror-gleam terror-gleam n. [after Swedish skräckglans (1886 in the passage translated in quot. 1889)] a dark mist that hovers over the river Thund which surrounds Asgard in Scandinavian mythology. ΚΠ 1889 R. B. Anderson tr. V. Rydberg Teutonic Mythol. xxxvi. 163 The material of which the ignitible mist consists is called ‘black terror-gleam’ [Sw. Ämnet, hvaraf den antändliga dimman består, kallas ‘svart skräckglans’]. 1913 J. E. Mercer Nature Mysticism xvii. 107 The stream of fire-mist, the lightning, which with its ‘terror-gleam’ flows as a barrier round Asgard, the home of the gods. 1989 H. Y. Grimes Norse Myths i. i. 13 Floating on the river was a dark shining flammable mist...The black terror-gleam had a wisdom of its own and the ability to aim its flames at specific attackers. < as lemmas |
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