| 单词 | burnt line |
| 释义 | > as lemmasburnt line a. Affected or damaged by fire or excessive heat, scorched. †burnt line: the equator. †burnt zone: the torrid zone. In †burnt planet, †burnt way, = combust adj. (Astrology). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > subjection or exposure to heat or fire > [adjective] > injured by heat or fire burnt1393 adust?a1425 fire-fangeda1522 adusted?1550 torrid1611 scathed1791 blackened1859 the world > the earth > geodetic references > [noun] > latitude > equator burning line1484 burnt line1555 equinox1579 equinoctial1584 line1588 equatora1613 the girdle of the world1626 palaeoequator1960 1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 375 They destruied king and all And leften but the brente wall. 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Burned roste-meate on the spyt. 1555 R. Eden in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde Pref. sig. dii The marchaunt..passeth to Inde, By the burnte line or Equinoctiall. 1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. i. viii. §13. 167 Beeng vnder the burnt Zone was held vninhabitable. 1667 S. Pepys Diary 27 July (1974) VIII. 356 The ground was everywhere as burned and dry as could be. 1862 M. E. Rogers Domest. Life Palestine 17 Cattle were browsing on the scanty burnt-up pasture. < as lemmas |
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