| 单词 | azure rain |
| 释义 | > as lemmasazure rain 5. A pyrotechnic mixture which produces a shower of brightly coloured sparks when lit; a firework producing such an effect; the shower itself. Frequently with modifying word, as azure rain, silver rain (see also golden rain n.). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > firework > [noun] > parts of > composition producing shower of sparks star1628 rain1629 shower1753 1629 F. Malthus tr. Treat. Artific. Fire-workes vii. (heading) How to make golden rayne [Fr. Comme il faut faire de la pluye d'or]. 1684 R. Howlett School Recreat. (1701) 29 Golden Rain, or stremes of Fire, that will then at height descend in the Air like Rain. 1749 W. Frederick tr. G. Ruggieri & G. Sarti Descr. Machine for Fireworks 12, 130 Explosions of Serpents, Rains, and Stars. 1782 Encycl. Brit. IX. 6552/2 Gold rain for sky-rockets... Silver rain. 1819 C. Grotz Art of making Fireworks 17 To make Golden Rain. 1858 T. R. Jones Aquarian Naturalist 47 The azure, gold, and silver rain of the pyrotechnist. 1903 Times 5 Jan. 3/3 Showers of rockets and stars and golden rain..illuminated the whole city. 1950 Times 30 Dec. 4/2 Mr Alan St Hill Brock's talk on ‘Fireworks’ was accompanied by golden rain, shrill whistles, and explosions of gunpowder. 1969 Master Drawings 7 299/2 The lower part of this drawing shows how to make [the firework called] golden rain, formed of quills tamped with powder. 2004 Sun (Nexis) 26 Apr. Beams of light echo around the sky and fireworks erupt from every level as the performers dance a hornpipe in the silver rain. < as lemmas |
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