Vril

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A controllable form of energy. uncountable
    — These subterranean philosophers assert that by one operation of vril, which Faraday would perhaps call ‘atmospheric magnetism,’ they can influence the variations of temperature—in plain words, the weather; […]
  2. A kind of flying saucer supposedly built by the Nazis. attributive,uncountable
    — This technology led to the amazing German flying saucers of the Haunebu and Vril classes built under SS auspices.

词形变化

vril alternative

词源

Coined by British statesman and author Edward Bulwer-Lytton in the 1871 science fiction novel The Coming Race, later titled Vril, apparently as a clipping of virile.
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