Vulcan
['vʌlkən]
解释:
(noun.) (Roman mythology) god of fire and metal working; counterpart of Greek Hephaestus.
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解释:
(n.) The god of fire, who presided over the working of metals; -- answering to the Greek Hephaestus.
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解释:
n. (Roman myth.) the god of fire.—n. Vulcanā′lia an ancient Roman festival in honour of Vulcan held on 23d August.—adjs. Vulcā′nian pertaining to Vulcan or to one who works in iron; Vulcan′ic (same as Volcanic).—n. Vulcanic′ity volcanicity.—adj. Vulcanī′sable.—n. Vulcanisā′-tion.—v.t. Vul′canise to combine with sulphur by heat as caoutchouc—v.i. to admit of such treatment.—ns. Vul′canism volcanism; Vul′canist a supporter of the Huttonian theory in geology which asserted the igneous origin of such rocks as basalt; Vul′canite the harder of the two kinds of vulcanised india-rubber or caoutchouc the softer kind being called soft-rubber.
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例句:
- Your eyes dwell on a Vulcan,--a real blacksmith, brown, broad-shouldered: and blind and lame into the bargain. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
- I never thought of it, before; but you certainly are rather like Vulcan, sir. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
- I don't think even the pious Hellenes would have risked their lives in building a temple under the very nose of Vulcan in full work. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
- Are you worshipping at the altar of Vulcan, Caliphronas? 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
- Now flowed forth, as from some Vulcan's titanic workshop, machines for making bolts, nuts, rivets, screws, chains, staples, car wheels, shafts, etc. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
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