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单词 death-flame
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death-flame
death-flame n. (a) a lethal flame; (b) = death light n. 1; cf. death candle n., death fire n. 1 (obsolete).
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the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > ghost or phantom > [noun] > light appearing over corpse
death fire1765
death-flame1806
death light1823
1806 T. L. Peacock Palmyra 70 Thy meteors, oh Norver! malignantly dart, And such are the death-flames that burn in my heart.
1813 J. Hogg Queen's Wake i. ii. 68 That fays and spectres..spread the death-flame on the wold.
1897 G. C. Smart in A. Reid Bards of Angus & Mearns 423/1 The fierce, gaunt spirit of the storm Rides chafing o'er the troubled deep, The death-flames flash around his form.
2001 L. Erdrich Last Rep. on Miracles at Little No Horse vii. 120 She incandesced into her death-flame, fiercer and brighter, until all of a sudden her lungs filled.
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