| 释义 |
ˈsun-dog
[Of obscure origin.]
A mock sun, parhelion; also, a fragment of a rainbow.
1635L. Foxe North-West Fox (Hakl.) II. 291 This evening Sun dog, I hope may bring some change to our good. 1698S. Sewall Diary 15 Feb. (1878) I. 471 Remarkable Sun-dogs and a Rainbow were seen. 1840F. D. Bennett Whaling Voy. I. 3 We noticed the phenomenon named by nautical men a ‘wind-gall,’..or sun-dog. 1896Kipling Seven Seas, Three Sealers 68 And they saw the sun-dogs in the haze and the seal upon the shore. |