| 单词 | greek fire |
| 释义 | > as lemmasGreek fire Greek fire n. a combustible composition for setting fire to an enemy's ships, works, etc.; so called from being first used by the Greeks of Constantinople. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > fire, radiation, or chemical weapons > [noun] > fire as weapon fire?c1225 Greek fire?c1225 Greekish fire?c1225 wildfire1297 firework1528 liquid firea1616 dragoon1626 fire chemise1728 Grecian fire1774 chemise- ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 295 Þis grickisch fur is þeluue Iesu vre lauerd. 1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 136 Her eyen sparklyng and brennyng as fyre Grekyssh. 1828 P. F. Tytler Hist. Scotl. (1864) I. 80 [Edward I] gave orders for the employment of a new and dreadful instrument of destruction, the Greek fire, with which he had probably become acquainted in the East. 1850 F. W. Robertson Serm. (1872) 3rd Ser. i. 9 It is like the Greek fire used in ancient warfare, which burnt unquenched beneath the water. 1855 J. Hewitt Anc. Armour I. 90 The receipt for the composition of the Greek Fire may be found in the Treatise of Marcus Grecus. < as lemmas |
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