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ignis fatuus

/'i^nis 'fætjuәs/

📖 中文释义

  1. 磷火, 鬼火

🔗 释义中的汉语词

📘 English Definition(英文释义)
  1. A phosphorescent light that appears, in the night, over
  2. marshy ground, supposed to be occasioned by the decomposition of animal
  3. or vegetable substances, or by some inflammable gas; -- popularly
  4. called also Will-with-the-wisp, or Will-o'-the-wisp, and
  5. Jack-with-a-lantern, or Jack-o'-lantern.
  6. Fig.: A misleading influence; a decoy.