单词 | storm-glass |
释义 | > as lemmasstorm-glass storm-glass n. a hermetically sealed tube containing a solution which becomes flocculent on the approach of a storm. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > study or science of weather > meteorological instruments > [noun] > tube used in storm prediction storm-glass1823 1823 Mechanic's Mag. 1 174 Those glasses..which are sold in the shops of opticians, under the name of ‘Storm Glasses’. 1864 H. Spencer Princ. Biol. I. 78 The relation between the phenomena occurring in the storm-glass and in the atmosphere respectively, is really not a correspondence at all. < as lemmas |
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