单词 | northern dawn |
释义 | > as lemmasnorthern dawn northern dawn n. the aurora borealis; cf. northern lights n. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > luminous appearance > [noun] > aurora > aurora borealis dancing-goats1563 petty dancers1635 streaming1694 north-light1706 aurora borealis1717 dancersc1717 northern morning1717 northern lights1722 aurora septentrionalis1728 northern dawn1728 northern light1728 morris dancers1735 streamers1735 north-shine1738 fire-flaught1787 boreal dawn1805 northern morn1822 firelights1845 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Aurora Aurora Borealis or Aurora Septentrionalis, the Northern Dawn or Light; is an extraordinary Meteor, or luminous Appearance. 1891 F. T. Palgrave Sir Hugh Willoughby in Visions of Eng. 80 Or the weird Northern Dawn in idle play Mocks their sad souls, now trickling down the sky. 1992 S. P. Maran Astron. & Astrophysics Encycl. 178/2 The name aurora borealis, which can be directly translated to ‘the northern dawn’, is a deceptive designation of a light phenomenon that does occur mainly in the north, but has nothing whatsoever to do with the dawn. < as lemmas |
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