| 单词 | boreal signs |
| 释义 | > as lemmasboreal signs 1. Of or pertaining to the north; situated on the northern side; of a northern character. boreal signs: the six signs of the Zodiac from Aries to Virgo. boreal dawn (rare): the aurora borealis. Now chiefly in Zoology and Botany. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > direction > cardinal points > North > [adjective] > character northOE northernc1385 northenc1410 boreal1470 northernly1574 hyperboreal1596 hyperborean1605 northerly1616 boreana1644 Boread1882 the world > the universe > luminous appearance > [noun] > aurora > aurora borealis dancing-goats1563 petty dancers1635 streaming1694 north-light1706 aurora borealis1717 dancersc1717 northern morning1717 northern lights1722 aurora septentrionalis1728 northern dawn1728 northern light1728 morris dancers1735 streamers1735 north-shine1738 fire-flaught1787 boreal dawn1805 northern morn1822 firelights1845 1470 J. Hardyng Chron. ccxl. (note) Foure flodes..Ebbynge & flowynge in the see boriall. 1536 Exhort. Northe in F. J. Furnivall Ballads from MSS I. 305 The boryalle Region. 1694 W. Westmacott Θεολοβοτονολογια 42 Fitz Stephens describing London, tells us of a large Forrest of these [Chestnut] Trees on the Boreal part of it. 1805 W. Taylor in Ann. Rev. 3 211 His pretended reforms, like the boreal dawn, glittered at a distance. 1837 J. R. McCulloch Statist. Acct. Brit. Empire I. i. i. 117 [Plants] all eminently alpine or boreal. 1845 E. A. Poe Ulalume The boreal pole. 1874 E. Coues Birds Northwest 316 The Acadian Owl is not so boreal a bird as its congener. < as lemmas |
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