“mar、fire”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

mar-fire

释义

mar-fire dial.|ˈmɑːfaɪə(r)|
Also mer-.
[app. a half-translated adoption of ON. mauru-eldr, mǫru-eldr (Da. morild) phosphorescence, esp. in the sea (according to Vigf. = *maura-eldr, ‘ants' fire’, but form and sense are both difficult; Torp and Falk connect the first element with words denoting putrescence). The Eng. forms might however represent an OE. type *męre-fýr, ‘sea-fire’.]
Phosphorescence on the sea.
1887Hall Caine Deemster xi. 74 When we're lying at anchor,..and the stars just makin' a peep, and the moon, and the mar-fire.1892Northumbld. Gloss., Mer-fire, the luminous appearance of the sea at night.1894R. Leighton Wreck Golden Fleece 31 There bean't much mar-fire moving.

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