| 单词 | midnight sun |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmidnight sun midnight sun n. the sun as seen at midnight or (more generally) at any time of night during the summer in the polar regions. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > sun > [noun] > at specific time or position suneOE rising sun1557 setting sun1560 noon-sun1601 midnight sun1787 noon1858 1787 J. Barlow Vision of Columbus 179 Where midnight suns their happier beams display. 1827 R. Montgomery Age Reviewed ii. 211 All the tribe by Beazely was outdone, Who made, for novelty, a midnight sun! The purblind cocknies liked this wond'rous spell. 1857 Ld. Dufferin Lett. from High Latitudes (ed. 3) 316 The nights were even brighter than the days, and afforded Fitz an opportunity of taking some photographic views by the light of a midnight sun. 1909 R. W. Service Ballads of Cheechako 51 I smoke my pipe and I meditate in the light of the Midnight Sun. 1944 W. M. Smart Found. Astron. (ed. 2) iv. 74 The dates corresponding to S=10° are April 17 and August 28; hence between these dates the sun never sets and we have the phenomenon of the midnight sun. 1989 Holiday Which? Mar. 102/3 At Hammerfest you can see the Midnight Sun between 17 May and 28 July. < as lemmas |
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