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单词 luna
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lunan.

Brit. /ˈluːnə/, /ˈljuːnə/, U.S. /ˈlunə/
Forms: Also 1600s anglicized lune.
Etymology: < Latin lūna moon.
(In senses 1, 2 written with capital L as proper name.)
1. The moon (personified).
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the world > the universe > planet > primary planet > moon > [noun]
moonOE
Diana1398
Hecatec1420
lady of the night1480
luna?1499
Lucina?1504
Phoebe1600
queen of the night?1610
mother of months1613
noctiluca1623
Cynthia1645
Oliver?1747
star-queen1818
Paddy's lantern1834
parish lantern1847
night-sun1855
?1499 J. Skelton Bowge of Courte (de Worde) sig. Aij Whan luna full of mutabylyte As Emperes the dyademe hath worne Of our pole artyke.
1592 T. Kyd Spanish Trag. ii. sig. D2 And Luna hides her selfe to pleasure vs.
1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost iv. ii. 39 Dul. What is dictima? Nath. A title to Phebe, to Luna, to the Moone . View more context for this quotation
1836 M. Mackintosh Cottager's Daughter 319 Luna shone bright in the blue arch above.
2.
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a. Alchemy. Silver (obsolete).
b. Heraldry. The name used for argent, in the blazon of sovereign princes.
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society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > heraldic tincture > [noun] > metal > silver or white
silver1478
argent1562
moon1572
pearl1572
seraphim1586
luna1709
crystal1830
c1386 G. Chaucer Canon's Yeoman's Prol. & Tale 273 Sol gold is, and Luna silver we threpe.
1594 H. Plat Jewell House 89 To melt one part of Luna with 3 parts of Venus.
1599 T. Moffett Silkewormes 45 When Ioue they turne to Sol or Luna fine.
1616 J. Davies Select Second Husband sig. B6v Though Beauty then seeme Sol, at least as rich, It wil be found but Lune, on Tryalls touch.
1651 J. French Art Distillation vi. 196 Take..of our lune, not of the vulgar, graines two.
1652 Liber Patris Sapientiæ in E. Ashmole Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum 198 Luna ys a pure white Body of clene Mercury & Sulphur white ingendered.
1709 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. 6 Nov. (O.H.S.) II. 301 A Cross Patée Luna.
1758 A. Reid tr. P. J. Macquer Elements Theory & Pract. Chym. I. 49 The Alchymists..bestowed on the seven Metals..the names of the seven Planets of the Ancients... Thus Gold was called Sol, Silver Luna, Copper Venus, Tin Jupiter, Lead Saturn, Iron Mars, and Quick-silver Mercury.
1828–40 W. Berry Encycl. Her.
c. luna cornea n. = horn-silver n., chloride of silver fused. Also Lunae cornua (sometimes Luna cornua).
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the world > matter > chemistry > elements and compounds > metals > specific elements > silver > [noun] > compounds
luna cornea1706
1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Luna Cornea or Lunæ Cornua, a tough, tasteless Mass, almost like Horn, made by pouring Spirit of Salt..on Crystals of Silver.
1796 R. Kirwan Elements Mineral. (ed. 2) II. 33 One hundred parts of..salt, 235 parts of Luna cornua well dried.
1890 Abney Photogr. (ed. 6) Silver chloride, known to them [alchemists] as Luna cornua.
3. More fully luna-moth: A large moth of North America, Actias luna, having crescent-shaped spots on the wings.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > unspecified and miscellaneous types > miscellaneous types
high-flyer?1749
nonpareil1749
porphyry1819
satin carpet1819
satin pygmy1828
scopolian1829
chalk carpet1832
sieve lackey1832
sprawler1832
tissue1832
treble bar1832
treble gold stripe1832
vesper-beauty1832
viburnian1832
yellowhead1832
flame carpet1862
sting-moth1863
lilac moth1868
luna-moth1869
melon-caterpillar1884
wood-nymph1885
unicorn-moth1891
geometer moth1897
the suspected1908
porina1929
tomato pinworm1931
mopane worm1966
1869 Amer. Naturalist 2 679/2 Luna moth.
1876 Field & Forest 2 72 Mr. Rodgers..gives the history of the Luna moth.
1884 Riverside Nat. Hist. (1888) II. 458 The luna moth, Actias luna, is unrivalled for loveliness and beauty.
1948 Nat. Hist. Dec. 451/1 The Hercules moth is a close relative of the well-known Luna moth.
1972 L. A. Swan & C. S. Papp Common Insects N. Amer. 267 Luna Moth: Actias luna... Wings are delicate green, shading to pale gray, with transparent eyespots... Larva..resembles the Polyphemus larva except that Luna has yellow lateral stripe and no oblique stripes on the side.
1974 A. Dillard Pilgrim at Tinker Creek x. 159 Luna moths are those fragile ghost moths, fairy moths, whose five-inch wings are swallow-tailed, a pastel green bordered in silken lavender.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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