单词 | meteorist |
释义 | meteoristn. Now archaic. An expert in or student of atmospheric (or more generally: astronomical) phenomena. Cf. meteor n.1 2. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > cosmology > astronomy > meteor > [noun] > person meteorist1641 meteoriticist1948 1641 J. Johnson Acad. Love 63 The Meteorists cast up their studious eye, To contemplate the wonders of the skye. 1873 Ladies' Repository Dec. 465/2 The meteorist has, therefore, only to ascertain by observation where the barometer is lowest. 1898 Westm. Gaz. 19 Jan. 8/1 Our Leading Meteorist. 1995 W. Weaver tr. U. Eco Island of Day Before 89 The Meteorists, who are also Poets, dare call them Crined Comets, Bearded & Tailed, Goats, Beams, Shields, Torches & Thunderbolts. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1641 |
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