foxfire

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈfɒksfaɪə/    美 /ˈfɑksˌfaɪ(ə)ɹ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Bioluminescence created by some types of fungus, particularly those growing on rotting wood. US,uncountable
    — The foxfire,—as the country people call it,—glowed hideously from the cold and matted bosom of the marsh; and, far from us, in the depths of darkness, the screech-owl sat upon his perch, brooding over the slimy pool, and whooping out a dismal curfew, that fell upon the ear like the cries of a tortured ghost.
  2. Wood exhibiting fungal bioluminescence; torchwood. broadly,uncountable
    — On the inside is fixed a Barometer, by which he can tell the depth he is under water; a Compass, by which he knows the course he steers. In the barometer and on the needles of the compass is fixed fox-fire, i.e. wood that gives light in the dark.

词形变化

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词源

Possibly from fox + fire, though the semantic connection is unclear. Alternatively, the first element may be ultimately from Old French fols (“false”), or the term may derive by folk etymology from phosphor.
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