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单词 elucubrate
释义 eˈlucubrate, v. Obs.
[f. L. ēlūcubrāt- ppl. stem of ēlūcubrā-re to compose by lamplight.]
trans. To produce (a literary work) by the expenditure of ‘midnight oil’.
1623Cockeram, Elucubrate, to doe a thing by candlelight.1651Erasm. in Fuller Abel Rediv. (1867) I. 89 Many of his noblest works he elucubrated at Basil.1656Blount Glossogr., Elucubrate, to watch and write by candle-light.
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