St. Elmo's fires

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. plural of St. Elmo's fire form-of,plural
    — As to its appearance upon the masts of ships, Forbin relates that in the year 1696, during a terribly stormy night, near the Balearic Isles, he saw no less than thirty St. Elmo's fires in different parts of the ship, one of them being on one of the sails of the mainmast.
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