| 单词 | saint elmo's fire |
| 释义 | Saint Elmo's fire in British English (ˈɛlməʊz) noun usually abbreviated to: St Elmo's fire (not in technical usage) a luminous region that sometimes appears around church spires, the masts of ships, etc. It is a corona discharge in the air caused by atmospheric electricity Also called: corposantWord origin C16: so called because it was associated with Saint Elmo (a corruption, via Sant'Ermo, of Saint Erasmus, died 303) the patron saint of Mediterranean sailorsSaint Elmo's fire in American English (ˈɛlmoʊz) or ˈSaint Elˌmo's light (ˈɛlmoʊz) a visible electric discharge (corona) from charged, esp. pointed, objects, as the tips of masts, spires, trees, etc.: seen sometimes during electrical storms Word origin after St. Elmo, patron saint of sailors |
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