glowworm

參見：glow-worm

英語

其他寫法

• glow-worm

詞源

繼承自中古英語 glouworm；等同於glow +‎ worm。

對照德語 Glühwurm。

名詞

glowworm (複數 glowworms)

1. 螢火蟲
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   • 1604, William Alexander, The Alexandraean Tragedie, Act V, Scene 2, in The Monarchicke Tragedies, London: Ed. Blount, 1607,^[1]

     Some things afarre doe like the Glow-worme shine,

     That lookt to neere haue of that light no signe.

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   • 1681，Andrew Marvell，“The Mower to the Glo-Worms”, in Miscellaneous Poems‎^[2]，London: Robert Boulter，頁 44:

     Ye Glo-worms, whose officious Flame
     To wandring Mowers shows the way,
     That in the Night have lost their aim,
     And after foolish Fires do stray;

     （請為本引文添加中文翻譯）

   • 1819, William Wordsworth, “The Waggoner” Canto 1, in The Miscellaneous Poems of William Wordsworth, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, 1820, p. 7,^[3]

     Confiding Glow-worms, ’tis a night

     Propitious to your earth-born light!

   • 1954，Dylan Thomas，Under Milk Wood‎^[4]，New York: New Directions，頁 1:

     Young girls lie bedded soft or glide in their dreams, with rings and trousseaux, bridesmaided by glowworms down the aisles of the organplaying wood.

     （請為本引文添加中文翻譯）

2. (澳大利亞，新西蘭) 菌蚋屬昆蟲的幼蟲

衍生詞

• common glowworm (Lampyris noctiluca)

參見

• firefly

延伸閱讀

• glowworm在英語維基百科上的資料。維基百科 ^en