单词 | ceraunoscope |
释义 | ceraunoscopen. An apparatus used by the ancients in their mysteries to imitate thunder and lightning. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > loudness > roaring or bellowing > [noun] > instrument ceraunoscope1827 thunderer1860 turndun1880 1827 T. Moore Epicurean (1839) 220 (note) Imitations of the noise of earthquake and thunder..by means of the Ceraunoscope, and other such contrivances. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.1827 |
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