| 单词 | bloody rain |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbloody rain bloody rain n. = blood rain n. at blood n. Compounds 5. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > algae > [noun] > blood-rain bloody rain1587 blood rain1612 lOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Domitian A.viii) anno 685 Her wearþ on Brytene blodi ren [L. pluuia sanguinea], & meolc & butere wurdon gewend to blode, & Lothere Cantwara cing forþferde.] 1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. 649/1 In a little towne in Bedfordshire there fell a bloudie raine, whereof the red drops appeered in sheets, the which a woman had hanged out for to drie. 1758 T. Flloyd & J. Hill tr. J. Swammerdam Bk. Nature 40/2 It is not impossible that those who affirm that bloody rain has fallen, have been deceived in the same manner. Is it not possible, that such red drops might issue from insects? 1838 Econ. Vegetation 156 The ‘gory dew,’ Palmella cruenta, and ‘bloody rain,’ Lepraria kermesina..are referrible to these humble and harmless tribes of vegetation. 1901 Public Opinion 14 Mar. 348/3 The phenomenon of ‘bloody rain’ occurred in Sicily and Italy, due to dust from the African deserts blown across the Mediterranean. 2007 S. Hempel Strange Case Broad Street Pump 152 In fact, this phenomenon, known as bloody rain, gory dew or red snow, is caused by various types of algae..that produce a bright red pigment. < as lemmas |
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