faxed star

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A comet; meteor. dialectal,rare
    — The difference between true and false glory is elegantly illustrated by Milton in his description of Satan, who, falling, was defigured from a star of high magnitude into a faxed star, whose meteoric flash soon fades, […]

词形变化

faxed stars plural fixed star alternative faxed-star alternative

词源

From Middle English faxed sterre, from Old English feaxede steorra (“comet”, literally “maned star”), equivalent to faxed (“having hair, hairy”) + star, from the tail appearing as though the star had hair.
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