ceraunoscope

发音

/səˈɹɔːnəskəʊp/

词形变化

ceraunoscopes 复数 ceraunoscopes

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An instrument or apparatus employed in the ancient Greek mysteries to imitate thunder and lightning.

    历史

词源

From Ancient Greek κεραυνοσκοπεῖον (keraunoskopeîon), from κεραυνοσκοπία (keraunoskopía, “divination from thunder and lightning”) from κεραυνός (keraunós, “thunderbolt”) + σκοπέω (skopéō, “look at, consider”). By surface analysis, cerauno- + -scope.

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