单词 | meteory |
释义 | † meteoryn. Obsolete. rare. Atmospheric condition; weather. Also attributive. Cf. aspect n. 4.In quot. 1600 figurative. ΚΠ 1600 C. Tourneur Transformed Metamorph. sig. C3 And chaoiz'd Idea's of conceit, Doth make his gesture seem a troubled skie: And fills his count'nance with sad meteorie. 1611 W. Vaughan Spirit of Detraction vi. vii. 252 Thunder is most dangerous in winter... The Ruler of nature at that..time is disposed to make his Deity manifest to miscreant Atheists, who limit such Meteory signes onely to the Spring and Autumne. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1600 |
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