| 单词 | gas globe |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgas globe gas globe n. (a) a gas-filled balloon, a hot-air balloon (now rare); (b) a globe of glass or porcelain used to shade a gaslight (now historical). ΚΠ 1784 Whitehall Evening-post 10–12 Aug. [He] perceived..a gas globe or balloon, floating in an horizontal direction, a few yards higher than the trees. 1827 Caledonian Mercury 13 Dec. 1/1 Estimates wanted. For supplying the Police Establishment with gas lamp pillars, gas globes and heads. 1850 Fraser's Mag. Mar. 297/2 We withdrew the charcoal from the gas-globe, and stowed it away till we should need again the wings of the hydrogen. 1900 Harper's Mag. May 838/2 Not a butterfly, but a poor singed moth, tumbled from the gas-globe. 2008 E. Donoghue Sealed Let. i. 12 The gas globes hanging from the ceiling give off a light that's wan but bright enough to read by. < as lemmas |
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