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

单词

phasm

释义

phasm|ˈfæz(ə)m|
[ad. L. phasma, a. Gr. ϕάσµα spectre, apparition, phantom, f. ϕάω I shine, give light, or ϕαίν-ειν to show, pass. to appear. At first in Gr.-L. form phasma, pl. phasmata.]
†1. An extraordinary appearance, esp. of brilliant light in the air; a meteor. Obs.
1635Swan Spec. M. v. §2 (1643) 82 Fierie [Meteors]..such as onely seem to burn, which are therefore called Phasmata.1656Stanley Hist. Philos. vi. (1701) 253/2 Hence are also Phasmes, such as are called, gulfs, chasmes, bloody colours, and the like.1686Goad Celest. Bodies ii. xiv. 358 What have we to say of Phasmes and Apparitions in the Air?
2. Anything visionary or imaginary; a phantom, apparition. Obs. or arch.
1659Hammond On Ps. lxxiii. 20 Splendid nothings, meer phasmes.1665Sir T. Herbert Trav. (1677) 374 After a small space the lights..extinguish, and..the Phasma having assumed a bodily shape or other false representation accompanies her.1667Decay Chr. Piety v. ⁋18 Such phasmes, such apparitions are most of those excellencies which men applaud in themselves.1822W. Tennant Thane Fife ii. 64 Flinging their phasms fantastically high.

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