parhelion

n. 幻日

发音

UK /pɑːˈhiː.lɪ.ən/
其它
US /pɑɹˈhi.li.ən/

词形变化

parhelia 复数 parhelia parhelions parhelions 复数

别名

parhelium

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Synonym of sun dog (“a bright spot in the sky, usually one of two on the parhelic circle on both sides of the sun (or occasionally above and below it), caused by the refraction of the sun's image through ice crystals”).

  2. 2.

    An image or reflection.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

mock sun sun dog

上位词 6

spot patch fleck dapple maculation speckle

词源

From Latin parelion, from Ancient Greek παρήλιον (parḗlion), from παρά (pará) + ἥλιος (hḗlios, “sun”).

来源：wiktionary