英语词汇“butterdew”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

† butterdew n. Obsolete a dark greenish or yellowish-brown gelatinous substance found on damp ground, probably colonies of the cyanobacteria Nostoc (see nostoc n.).Nostoc swells up when exposed to moisture and therefore becomes more visible after wet weather. For this reason, it was formerly believed to be a type of rain or dew.Also called witches' butter.

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May-dew?a1425

rosmarine1616

butterdew1724

mountain dew1782

1696 Philos. Trans. 1695–7 (Royal Soc.) 19 223 For a good part of last Winter and Spring, there fell in several places, a kind of thick Dew, which the Country People called Butter, from the Consistency and Colour of it.]

1724 W. Nicolson Irish Hist. Libr. 14 Bishop Ash's and Mr. Van's account of Butter-Dew, &c. 1695, 1696.

1841 Gardener's Chron. 23 Oct. 700/3 This Butterdew is probably of the same nature as that substance which in Scotland is called Witch's-butter.

单词	butterdew
释义	> as lemmas butterdew † butterdew n. Obsolete a dark greenish or yellowish-brown gelatinous substance found on damp ground, probably colonies of the cyanobacteria Nostoc (see nostoc n.).Nostoc swells up when exposed to moisture and therefore becomes more visible after wet weather. For this reason, it was formerly believed to be a type of rain or dew.Also called witches' butter. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > dew > [noun] > types of night-dewa1398 May-dew?a1425 rosmarine1616 butterdew1724 mountain dew1782 1696 Philos. Trans. 1695–7 (Royal Soc.) 19 223 For a good part of last Winter and Spring, there fell in several places, a kind of thick Dew, which the Country People called Butter, from the Consistency and Colour of it.] 1724 W. Nicolson Irish Hist. Libr. 14 Bishop Ash's and Mr. Van's account of Butter-Dew, &c. 1695, 1696. 1841 Gardener's Chron. 23 Oct. 700/3 This Butterdew is probably of the same nature as that substance which in Scotland is called Witch's-butter. extracted from buttern.¹ < as lemmas
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