| 单词 | wandering fire or light |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswandering fire or light f. wandering fire or light: Will-o'-the-wisp. (Now often figurative after Tennyson's use.) 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 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 634 A wandring Fire Compact of unctuous vapor, which the Night Condenses, [etc.] . View more context for this quotation 1789 W. Blake Little Boy Found in Songs of Innocence The little boy lost in the lonely fen, Led by the wand'ring light. 1869 Ld. Tennyson Holy Grail 319 How often, O my knights,..This chance of noble deeds will come and go Unchallenged, while ye follow wandering fires Lost in the quagmire! < as lemmas |
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