请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 fanal
释义

fanaln.

/ˈfeɪnəl/
Forms: Also 1500s fanell, 1800s phanal.
Etymology: < French fanal, Italian fanale, medieval Latin fanāle, fanālis, < Greek ϕανός lantern, < ϕαν- stem of ϕαίνειν to show.
Obs. exc. arch.
Thesaurus »
Categories »
a. A beacon, a lighthouse.
b. A (ship's) lantern.
ΚΠ
1471 G. Ripley Compound of Alchymy iv, in E. Ashmole Theatrum Chem. Britannicum (1652) 147 As shyneyng fanells.
1632 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Eromena 90 Seeing her with three fanals or lanthornes.
1766 T. Smollett Trav. France & Italy 133 On the right hand..there is an elegant fanal or light house.
1848 R. Browning Sordello iv. 395 He flashes like a phanal,—all men catch The flame!
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2016).
<
n.1471
随便看

 

英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/11/13 11:47:03