| 单词 | milky sea |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmilky sea milky sea n. = milk sea n. at milk n.1 and adj. Compounds 3a. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > light emitted under particular conditions > [noun] > phosphorescence > of the sea > phosphorescent light on or in the sea briny1602 sea-light1755 sea-fire1815 milky sea1821 mareel1866 mar-fire1881 milk sea1898 witch-fire1947 1710 T. Brown tr. Lucian True Hist. in Wks. III. 157 On the eighth day we were got out of this milky Sea, and came again to Salt Water.] 1821 J. Davy Acct. Interior of Ceylon i. vii. 195 It was with his assistance that the gods and Asooras churned the milky sea. 1851 H. Melville Moby-Dick xlii. 216 The muffled rollings of a milky sea. 1871 C. Kingsley At Last I. i. 9 That most rare and unexplained phenomenon of a ‘milky sea’. 2000 Sun (Nexis) 3 Oct. For centuries sailors have reported ‘milky seas’ caused by masses of tiny glowing organisms. < as lemmas |
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