单词 | lucifer |
释义 | lucifer (once / 30463 pages) n WORD FAMILY lucifer: lucifers USAGE EXAMPLESMama disliked plays and never attended, damning them as “lucifers.” Bartlett, Paul Alexander, Voices from the Past(2012) "There's one of the things you are so pleased with--a lucifer!" Weyman, Stanley John, The Great House(2012) A volley of lucifer matches was fired at him, and a paper torch was thrust into his face. Mudge, Zachariah Atwell, North-Pole Voyages(2012) n lighter consisting of a thin piece of wood or cardboard tipped with combustible chemical; ignites with friction as long you've a lucifer to light your fag Syn|Hypo|Hyper friction match, match fusee, fuzee a friction match with a large head that will stay alight in the wind kitchen matcha wooden friction match that will light on any granular surface; useful to light wood or gas stoves book matches, safety matcha paper match that strikes only on a specially prepared surface slow matchmatch or fuse made to burn slowly and evenly igniter, ignitor, light, lighter a device for lighting or igniting fuel or charges or fires Lucifer (once / 8180 pages) 1n 2n WORD FAMILY Lucifer: Lucifers USAGE EXAMPLESSupernatural Rick Springfield guest stars a rock star possessed by Lucifer in this repeat. Los Angeles Times(Dec 28, 2016) Supernatural Rick Springfield continues his guest role as a rock star possessed by Lucifer in this new episode. Los Angeles Times(Nov 30, 2016) Compare that to today, where John Boehner called Ted Cruz “Lucifer in the flesh,” and Trump has referred to Hillary Clinton as the devil. Time(Nov 03, 2016) 1 n (Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of Hell 2Syn|Exp Beelzebub, Devil, Old Nick, Prince of Darkness, Satan, the Tempter spiritual being, supernatural being an incorporeal being believed to have powers to affect the course of human events n a planet (usually Venus) seen just before sunrise in the eastern sky Syn|Hyper Phosphorus, daystar, morning star major planet, planet (astronomy) any of the nine large celestial bodies in the solar system that revolve around the sun and shine by reflected light; Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto in order of their proximity to the sun; viewed from the constellation Hercules, all the planets rotate around the sun in a counterclockwise direction |
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