will-o'-the-wisp如何读

英：[ˌwɪl ə ðə ˈwɪsp]

美：[ˌwɪləðəˈwɪsp]

will-o'-the-wisp是什么意思

n.

鬼火，磷火，迷惑人之物

will-o'-the-wisp扩展

will-o'-the-wispish (adj.)

will-o'-the-wisp英英释义

noun

a false or unattainable hope or goal that leads one on.

an elusive, flickering light sometimes seen over marshy ground; ignis fatuus.

will-o'-the-wisp词源中文解释

十七世纪60年代，早在 Will with the wisp（约1600年）之前，源自于男性专有名词 Will 和 wisp，意为“一捆草或稻草做成的火把”。与 Jack-o'-lantern 相似。

will-o'-the-wisp词源英文解释

Will (nickname for William) + of + the + wisp

The first known use of will-o'-the-wisp was circa 1661

will-o'-the-wisp儿童词典英英释义

wild-goose chasenoun

a complicated or lengthy and usually unsuccessful pursuit or search

white antnoun

termite

wild ricenoun

a tall North American grass that grows in water and produces an edible grainalso: the grain

Wild Westnoun

the western U.S. in its frontier period characterized by roughness and lawlessness

will-o'-the-wispnoun

a light that sometimes appears in the night over marshy ground

a false or unreachable goal

will-o'-the-wisp 同义词

1 捉摸不定的东西

Jack-o'-lantern

2 磷火

phosphorescence foxfire corpse-candle fen-fire min-min Jack-o'-lantern ignis fatuus fen fire friar's lantern corpse candle jack-o'-lantern

3 鬼火

phosphorescence corpse-candle fen-fire min-min Jack-o'-lantern ignis fatuus wildfire elf fire friar's lantern jack-o'-lantern

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