nocti- 或 noct-
pref.(前缀)
语源
pref.(前缀)
- Night:
夜:
noctilucent.
夜间可见的
语源
- New Latin
现代拉丁语 - from Latin nox noct- [night] * see nek w-t-
源自 拉丁语 nox noct- [夜] *参见 nek w-t-
nocti- or (before a vowel) noct-
combining form
night
⇒
noctilucent
Origin
from Latin nox, noct-nocti-
Word Origin
1
a combining form meaning “night,” used in the formation of compound words:
noctilucent.
Also, especially before a vowel, noct-.
Origin
< Latin nocti-, combining form of nox night
Related Words
- noctiluca
- noct-
- noctilucent
nocti-a word element meaning 'night'.
Also, (before a vowel), noct-. [Latin, combining form of nox]
1694 Holder On Time 98The *Noctidial Day, the Lunar Periodic Month, and the Solar Year are Natural and Universal.
1884 Punch 1 Mar. 102 Farewell to noctidial sittings.
1667 Waterhouse FireLond. 140Lest..he hurl you Lucifers out of the Heaven of your sinful felicity, and make you *Noctifers and Mortifers of misery and contempt.
1656 Blount Glossogr.,*Noctiferous.., that betokens or brings night, the evening Star.
1890 Cent. Dict. ,*Noctilucent, shining by night or in the dark; noctilucid; as, the noctilucent eyes of a cat.
1910 W. L. Moore DescriptiveMeteorol. xi. 198Certain clouds that are seen about midnight in summer have for twenty years received considerable attention from Abbe and others..; sometimes they are called nacreous..at other times noctilucent, because they shine at night.
1936 N. Shaw Man. Meteorol. (ed. 2) ii. iii. 44The lower type, known as Perlmutter or iridescent clouds, show brilliant prismatic colours and occur at heights between 20 and 30 kilometres. They differ from noctilucent clouds by appearing almost exclusively in winter.
1940 Chambers's Techn. Dict. 581/1Noctilucent ( Zool. ), phosphorescent, light-producing.
1956 Nature 18 Feb. 308/1 The technique of observing noctilucent clouds has been improved recently.
1963 New Scientist 25 July 169/2 There has been considerable dispute in the past about whether the noctilucent clouds are composed of ice particles or dust particles.
1678 Phillips 2ndSuppl. ,*Noctipotent, powerful in the night.
nocti-
combining form
see noct-
see noct-