| 单词 | foolish fire |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfoolish fire foolish fire n. (a) a phosphorescent light seen hovering or floating over marshy ground or a body of water; an ignis fatuus or will-o'-the-wisp; (b) (figurative and in figurative contexts) a guiding principle, hope, or aim that deludes or misleads.Cf. fool's fire n. at fool n.1 and adj. Compounds 4b. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > light emitted under particular conditions > [noun] > phosphorescence > will-o'-the-wisp fox-fire1483 foolish fire1563 ignis fatuus1563 fool's fire1583 Kit with the canstick or candlestick1584 going fire1596 will-o'-the-wisp1596 meteor1597 firedrake1607 wisp1618 ambulones1621 Dick-a-Tuesday1636 friar's lantern1645 gillian burnt-tail1654 Jill-burnt-tail1654 Jack-o'-lantern1658 fatuous fire1661 wildfire1663 wandering fire or light1667 Jack-a-Lent1680 fairy light1722 spunkie1727 Jill-o'-the-wisp1750 fen-fire1814 fatuus1820 marsh-light1823 feu follet1832 wisp-lighta1847 hob-lantern1847 ghost light1849 elf-fire1855 Peggy-with-her-lantern1855 fatuous light1857–8 marsh-fire1865 swamp fire1903 Min-Min1950 the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > optical illusion > [noun] > an optical illusion > ignis fatuus foolish fire1563 ignis fatuus1563 fool's fire1583 will-o'-the-wisp1596 night-fire1633 Dick-a-Tuesday1636 fatuous vapour1661 fatuus1668 draco volans1675 spunkie1727 fen-fire1814 fatuous fire1845 fatuous light1857–8 1563 W. Fulke Goodle Gallerye Causes Meteors ii. f. 11v Ignis fatuus, foolish fyre, that hurteth not... The foulishe fyre is an Exhalation kendled by meanes of violent mouing, when by cold of the night, in the lowest region of the ayre, it is beaten downe, & then commonly, if it be light, seeketh to ascende upward, & is sent down againe, so it danseth vp & downe. 1611 G. Meriton Serm. preached at Glascoe sig. B3v There must be illumination in the braine, light in the head, before there can be sanctification in will, true heate in the heart; and if there be no proportion betwixt heat and light, the ouerplus of heate which is in many is but ignis fatuus, a foolish fire. 1703 Athenian Oracle I. 89 His Zeal no foolish Fire that leads astray, That over Rocks and Precipices leads. 1990 M. Cliff Bodies of Water viii. 146 She had seen no ghosts, took the foolish fire over the lake for what it was. 2020 @ZeusFigueras 16 Apr. in twitter.com (accessed 19 May 2020) Racism... Is also a foolish fire of superiority which, if it is allowed to ignite, can easily lead its followers into a mire! < as lemmas |
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