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

sky glow n. (a) an unusual or artificially produced glow in the sky, esp. that seen in the night sky over urban areas and caused by street lighting, floodlights, etc.; also as a mass noun; (b) a uniform faint glow in the night sky caused by electromagnetic radiation emitted by excited atoms in the upper atmosphere, refracted starlight, etc.; cf. airglow n.

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1874 Daily News 13 June 5/7 The ominous-looking sky-glow..was caused by the illuminations at a fête.

1892 Electr. World 2 Jan. 4/3 The vague sky glow that announces the existence of the metropolis [sc. New York] from a dozen miles away..is the product of..10 years of progress in electrical lighting.

1902 Nature 29 May 101/2 After the explosive eruption of Krakatoa..the haze, sky glows and brilliant sunsets..spread northward and southward..very slowly.

1957 W. Ley Rockets, Missiles, & Space Trav. (rev. ed.) ix. 288 At high altitudes..oxygen atoms..recombine, and..release a small amount of light.., one of the factors causing the faint sky glow that intrigues geophysicists.

1977 Danville (Va.) Reg. 6 Nov. 1/3 Heading toward the sky glow of Las Vegas' brightly lighted streets and entertainment palaces.., an 8-year old girl led her..older brother to safety..from an airplane crash.

1999 M. A. Covington Astrophotogr. for Amateur viii. 137/1 At very remote sites..there is also a faint natural skyglow, related to the aurora borealis but present throughout the atmosphere.

2015 Daily Rec. & Sunday Mail (Nexis) 21 Mar. 40 Light pollution.., the sky glow of urban areas casting an orange hue and blocking out the stars.

单词	sky glow
释义	> as lemmas sky glow sky glow n. (a) an unusual or artificially produced glow in the sky, esp. that seen in the night sky over urban areas and caused by street lighting, floodlights, etc.; also as a mass noun; (b) a uniform faint glow in the night sky caused by electromagnetic radiation emitted by excited atoms in the upper atmosphere, refracted starlight, etc.; cf. airglow n. ΚΠ 1874 Daily News 13 June 5/7 The ominous-looking sky-glow..was caused by the illuminations at a fête. 1892 Electr. World 2 Jan. 4/3 The vague sky glow that announces the existence of the metropolis [sc. New York] from a dozen miles away..is the product of..10 years of progress in electrical lighting. 1902 Nature 29 May 101/2 After the explosive eruption of Krakatoa..the haze, sky glows and brilliant sunsets..spread northward and southward..very slowly. 1957 W. Ley Rockets, Missiles, & Space Trav. (rev. ed.) ix. 288 At high altitudes..oxygen atoms..recombine, and..release a small amount of light.., one of the factors causing the faint sky glow that intrigues geophysicists. 1977 Danville (Va.) Reg. 6 Nov. 1/3 Heading toward the sky glow of Las Vegas' brightly lighted streets and entertainment palaces.., an 8-year old girl led her..older brother to safety..from an airplane crash. 1999 M. A. Covington Astrophotogr. for Amateur viii. 137/1 At very remote sites..there is also a faint natural skyglow, related to the aurora borealis but present throughout the atmosphere. 2015 Daily Rec. & Sunday Mail (Nexis) 21 Mar. 40 Light pollution.., the sky glow of urban areas casting an orange hue and blocking out the stars. extracted from skyn.¹ < as lemmas
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