| 单词 | phoebus' brand |
| 释义 | > as lemmasPhoebus' brand d. Jove's or God's brand: the lightning. Phoebus' brand: the burning rays of the sun. With a blending of the sense ‘weapon’: (cf. Milton's ‘flaming brand’ of the archangel in Paradise Lost xii. 643). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > naturally occurring light > [noun] > lightning fireOE lightinglOE levininga1300 lightningc1300 lightc1325 thunderlightc1374 firelighta1400 laitinga1400 lighten?a1425 Jove's or God's branda1522 fulgur1563 thunder-shot1606 whirl-fire1606 the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > bad weather > thunder and lightning > [noun] > lightning fireOE lightinglOE levininga1300 levinc1300 lightningc1300 lightc1325 thunderlightc1374 firelighta1400 laitinga1400 lighten?a1425 Jove's or God's branda1522 fulgur1563 thunder-shot1606 whirl-fire1606 a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1959) viii. vi. 20 Into this land Saturnus com, fleand gret Iovis brand. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. viii. sig. G8v Where th'Almighties lightning brond does light. 1620 T. Peyton Paradise in E. Farr Sel. Poetry Reign James I (1848) 177 A smoky hill, which sends forth fiery brands Of burning oyle, much like the sword the tree of life doth keepe. 1885 H. H. Gibbs tr. Integer Vitae in National Rev. And o'er me Phœbus' fiery brand, Fierce beating from above. < as lemmas |
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