单词 | jack-o'-lantern |
释义 | jack-o'-lantern /jak"euh lan'teuhrn/, n. 1. a hollowed pumpkin with openings cut to represent human eyes, nose, and mouth and in which a candle or other light may be placed, traditionally made for display at Halloween. 2. a commercially made lantern resembling this. 3. any phenomenon of light, as a corona discharge or an ignis fatuus. 4. a poisonous luminescent orange fungus, Omphalotus olearius, often found in clusters at the base of hardwood tree stumps. [1655-65] |
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