ignis fatuus
/'i^nis 'fætjuәs/
📖 中文释义
- 磷火, 鬼火
🔗 释义中的汉语词
📘 English Definition(英文释义)
- A phosphorescent light that appears, in the night, over
- marshy ground, supposed to be occasioned by the decomposition of animal
- or vegetable substances, or by some inflammable gas; -- popularly
- called also Will-with-the-wisp, or Will-o'-the-wisp, and
- Jack-with-a-lantern, or Jack-o'-lantern.
- Fig.: A misleading influence; a decoy.