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

nyctograph

/ˈnɪktə(ʊ)ɡrɑːf/ /ˈnɪktə(ʊ)ɡraf/

noun

A device invented by Charles Dodgson (‘Lewis Carroll’) with which a person can record ideas (especially those remaining after sleep) at night in bed without fully waking up.

Origin

Late 19th century; earliest use found in ‘Lewis Carroll’ (1832–1898), author, mathematician, and photographer (real name Charles Lutwidge Dodgson). From nycto- + -graph. Compare French nyctographe machine enabling the blind to write or the sighted to write in the dark, and Hellenistic Greek νυκτογραϕία writing by night.

单词	nyctograph
释义	nyctograph /ˈnɪktə(ʊ)ɡrɑːf/ /ˈnɪktə(ʊ)ɡraf/ noun A device invented by Charles Dodgson (‘Lewis Carroll’) with which a person can record ideas (especially those remaining after sleep) at night in bed without fully waking up. Origin Late 19th century; earliest use found in ‘Lewis Carroll’ (1832–1898), author, mathematician, and photographer (real name Charles Lutwidge Dodgson). From nycto- + -graph. Compare French nyctographe machine enabling the blind to write or the sighted to write in the dark, and Hellenistic Greek νυκτογραϕία writing by night.
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