单词 | brume |
释义 | brumen.ΚΠ a1500 in Notes & Queries (1977) Dec. 486 Swete Ihesu, which borne were of a maide, In the tyme of Brume with his furnis colde. 1561 R. Eden tr. Ovid in tr. M. Cortés Arte Nauigation ii. viii. f. xxxvii Brume [L. Bruma] is the fyrst of the newe yere, And last day of the olde: The Sunne and yeare begynne at once. 1590 J. Hammon tr. B. Aneau Αλεκτορ i. xvii. 108 This was in the time of the Brume [Fr. Brume] about the 14. of December and wintrie Solstice when the Sunne entreth the Tropicke of Capricorne. 1667 A. Marvell in J. Denham Direct. to Painter 41 The King-fisher chuseth to build in the Broom. 1894 R. Horton-Smith tr. Juvenal in Theory Conditional Sentences Greek & Lat. 227 If soever at the time of brume [L. brumae] you will ask for a brazier of fire. 2. Fog, mist; vapour. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > cloud > mist > [noun] misteOE roke1292 vapourc1386 nyle1481 stove1513 fumec1550 rouka1586 misting1604 steam1612 dampa1616 petty-fog1641 smoke1648 brume1694 muga1728 ure1818 nebule1869 nebula1894 moist1903 M1904 clag1940 1694 P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 5th Bk. Wks. 251 For, shou'd you come before the Brume's abated [Fr. tant que l'hiberne aura son curse integre], Th' Opime you'd linquish for the Macerated. 1724 Philos. Trans. 1722–3 (Royal Soc.) 32 71 In this Brume or Cloud, when the Sun shines, you have always a glorious Rainbow. 1807 J. Barlow Columbiad i. 48 Hail, with its glassy globes, and brume congeal'd. 1863 H. W. Longfellow Saga King Olaf xix. 8 Suddenly through the drifting brume The blare of the horns began to ring. 1921 J. Buchan Path of King x. 191 He peered through the autumn brume into the dark entry. 1948 J. Cheever Jrnls. (1991) 21 The light in the sky is sombre, there is a brume in the air. 2015 Toronto Star (Nexis) 4 Jan. (Insight section) 1 Sounding her fog horn in the thickening brume. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.a1500 |
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