| 单词 | Saint Elmo's fire |
| 释义 | Saint Elmo's fire(ˈɛlməʊz) noun usually abbreviated to: St Elmo's fire (not in technical usage) a luminous region that sometimes appears around church spires, the masts of ships, etc. It is a corona discharge in the air caused by atmospheric electricity Also called: corposantWord origin C16: so called because it was associated with Saint Elmo (a corruption, via Sant'Ermo, of Saint Erasmus, died 303) the patron saint of Mediterranean sailors |
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