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

water globe n. (a) a wooden ball which burns while floating on the water; = waterball n. 3 (now historical and rare); (b) a water-filled glass globe used to focus light (cf. waterball n. 2) (now chiefly historical); (c) U.S. a toy or ornament in the form of a transparent globe or dome that encloses a liquid in which particles or bubbles move, typically around a model of a scene, when it is shaken; cf. snowstorm n. 2.

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1696 R. Howlett School Recreat. (new ed.) 26 Of Artificial Fire-works for Recreation... For the Water-Globes or Balls, double Rockets, and single Rockets.

1729 G. Shelvocke Jr. tr. K. Siemienowicz Great Art Artillery iv. 182 (heading) Of the Compositions for Water-Globes or Balls, which burn as well upon the Water as in it.

1897 A. Hartshorne Old Eng. Glasses 60 The retorts of the alchemist and the water-globes for the poor Flemish flax-thread spinners.

1940 Billboard 17 Feb. 50/3 Scenic novelties come to the fore... The line includes water globes, plates and ash trays.

1960 R. McLean Wood Engravings Joan Hassall 8 She engraves at an ordinary table, with electric light through a water-globe.

1991 Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Jrnl. 17 July d1/2 A collector of snowdomes (or waterballs, shaky toys, snowfall paperweights, blizzard weights, water globes etc.).

2002 O. Gal Meanest Foundations & Nobler Superstructures i. 45 The water globe, which Hooke used regularly in his microscopic observations, lacked any theoretical pretension.

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释义	> as lemmas water globe water globe n. (a) a wooden ball which burns while floating on the water; = waterball n. 3 (now historical and rare); (b) a water-filled glass globe used to focus light (cf. waterball n. 2) (now chiefly historical); (c) U.S. a toy or ornament in the form of a transparent globe or dome that encloses a liquid in which particles or bubbles move, typically around a model of a scene, when it is shaken; cf. snowstorm n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > [noun] > other specific artificial lights waterball1665 water globe1696 episcotister1905 1696 R. Howlett School Recreat. (new ed.) 26 Of Artificial Fire-works for Recreation... For the Water-Globes or Balls, double Rockets, and single Rockets. 1729 G. Shelvocke Jr. tr. K. Siemienowicz Great Art Artillery iv. 182 (heading) Of the Compositions for Water-Globes or Balls, which burn as well upon the Water as in it. 1897 A. Hartshorne Old Eng. Glasses 60 The retorts of the alchemist and the water-globes for the poor Flemish flax-thread spinners. 1940 Billboard 17 Feb. 50/3 Scenic novelties come to the fore... The line includes water globes, plates and ash trays. 1960 R. McLean Wood Engravings Joan Hassall 8 She engraves at an ordinary table, with electric light through a water-globe. 1991 Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Jrnl. 17 July d1/2 A collector of snowdomes (or waterballs, shaky toys, snowfall paperweights, blizzard weights, water globes etc.). 2002 O. Gal Meanest Foundations & Nobler Superstructures i. 45 The water globe, which Hooke used regularly in his microscopic observations, lacked any theoretical pretension. extracted from watern. < as lemmas
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