auroral

形容词 adj.
/ɔːˈɹɔəɹəl/|/ɔːˈɹɔːɹəl/    /ɔˈɹɔɹəl/|/əˈɹɔɹəl/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Pertaining to the dawn; dawning, eastern, like a new beginning.
    — This first created light is properly the auroral light.
  2. Rosy in colour.
    — Her cheeks suffused with an auroral blush,
  3. Pertaining to the aurora borealis or aurora australis.
    — The creature brought within him an amplitude of Northern knowledge. Glacial catastrophes, snow-storm episodes, glittering auroral effects, Polaris in the zenith, Franklin underfoot,—the category of his commonplaces was wonderful.

词形变化

more auroral comparative most auroral superlative

词源

Etymology tree
English aurora
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālisbor.
Old French -albor.

Latin -ālis
Old French -elbor.

Latin -ālisbor.
Middle English -al
English -al
English auroral
From aurora + -al.
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