英语词汇“peep stone”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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peep stone

peep stone n. a stone or crystal used for divination.

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1857 J. Hyde Mormonism xi. 263 It was not at all a new thing for Smith..to pretend to the power of seeing where gold was by the use of a ‘peep-stone’.

1886 Overland Monthly Oct. 430/1 ‘What is a peep-stone?’ asked Thompson. ‘It is a ball of glass shaped like an egg,’ said Mrs. Bowers, ‘and to be a good one, it should be perfectly transparent.’

1990 Times Lit. Suppl. 21 Sept. 1003/3 During the creative ferment of the early nineteenth century,..Mormons looked through peep stones, had commerce with angels and worked miracles.

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单词	peep stone
释义	> as lemmas peep stone peep stone n. a stone or crystal used for divination. ΚΠ 1857 J. Hyde Mormonism xi. 263 It was not at all a new thing for Smith..to pretend to the power of seeing where gold was by the use of a ‘peep-stone’. 1886 Overland Monthly Oct. 430/1 ‘What is a peep-stone?’ asked Thompson. ‘It is a ball of glass shaped like an egg,’ said Mrs. Bowers, ‘and to be a good one, it should be perfectly transparent.’ 1990 Times Lit. Suppl. 21 Sept. 1003/3 During the creative ferment of the early nineteenth century,..Mormons looked through peep stones, had commerce with angels and worked miracles. extracted from peepn.² < as lemmas
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