单词 |
Periscii |
释义 |
‖ Periscii, n. pl.|pəˈrɪsɪaɪ, -ˈɪʃɪaɪ| [med.L., a. Gr. περίσκιοι, pl. of περίσκιος throwing a shadow all round, f. περί around + σκιά shadow.] Those who dwell within the polar circles, whose shadows revolve around them as the sun moves around the heavens on a summer day.
1625N. Carpenter Geog. Del. i. x. (1635) 227. 1652–62 Heylin Cosmogr. Introd. (1674) 20/1 Periscii are such as dwell beyond the Polar Circles,..because their shadows are on all sides of them. 1704J. Harris Lex. Techn. I. |

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