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单词 lantern jaws
释义

lantern /lanˈtərn/

noun
  1. A case for holding or carrying a light
  2. A lamp or light contained in such a case
  3. The light-chamber of a lighthouse
  4. A magic lantern
  5. An open structure like a lantern, esp one surmounting a building, giving light and air
transitive verb

To provide with a lantern

ORIGIN: Fr lanterne, from L lanterna, from Gr lamptēr, from lampein to give light

lantˈernist noun

A person who works a magic lantern

lantern fish noun

A deep-sea fish that emits light from the sides of its body

lantern fly noun

Any insect of the homopterous family Fulgoridae, with a lantern-like proboscis, formerly thought to give out light

lanˈtern-jawed adjective

Hollow-faced

lantern jaws plural noun

Long thin jaws

lantern of the dead noun

A lighted tower, once common in French cemeteries

lantern slide noun

A transparent slide with a picture to be projected by a magic lantern or slide projector

lantern wheel or lantern pinion noun

A type of cogwheel consisting of pins fastened at each end to circular plates, somewhat like a lantern in appearance

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