| 单词 | in a glow |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin a glow a. Shining heat; in a glow (cf. aglow adv. and adj.). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > [noun] > great or intense heat > glowing glowingc1440 excandescence1684 glow1827 1827 J. Keble Christian Year I. xliii. 171 The struggling spark of good within..They quicken to a timely glow. 1847 R. W. Emerson Poems 57 Drifting sand heaps feed my stock, In summer's scorching glow. 1850 D. G. Mitchell Reveries of Bachelor 82 But my fire is in a glow. 1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) 77 The merest point remains in a state of glow. 1881 J. C. Maxwell Treat. Electr. & Magnetism (ed. 2) I. 56 The electrical glow is therefore produced by the constant passage of electricity through a small portion of air in which the tension is very high. in a glow b. A lively sensation of animal heat; in phrases in a glow, (all) of a glow (colloquial). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > [noun] > hot sensation glowing1562 scalding1597 heata1704 glow1793 1793 T. Beddoes Observ. Nature & Cure Calculus 194 The glow experienced in coming out of a cold bath. 1820 W. Scoresby Acct. Arctic Regions II. 353 In chasing each other round the decks, they had excited a genial glow of heat in their bodies. 1829 J. Togno & E. Durand tr. H. Milne-Edwards & P. Vavasseur Man. Materia Medica iii. 75 In a few minutes a comfortable glow succeeded. 1864 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend (1865) I. i. vi. 56 ‘Sit close to the fire... You must be frozen.’ ‘Well, Lizzie, I ain't of a glow; that's certain.’ < as lemmas |
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