foxfire

英語（米国） (en-US) 英語（イギリス） (en-GB)

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈfɒksfaɪə/

名詞

アメリカ英語 不可算名詞 広義

(mycology, chiefly US) Bioluminescence created by some types of fungus, particularly those growing on rotting wood. / (by extension, loosely) Wood exhibiting fungal bioluminescence; torchwood.

日本語の意味

（菌類が腐った木材上で生じる）生物発光の現象 / （転用的な意味で）菌類による生物発光が見られる木材、すなわち松明木のようなもの

英語の意味

(mycology, chiefly US) Bioluminescence created by some types of fungus, particularly those growing on rotting wood. / (by extension, loosely) Wood exhibiting fungal bioluminescence; torchwood.

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At the edge of the clearing, the old log was dotted with foxfire that shimmered like distant stars.

林の切れ目の縁で、古い丸太には朽ち木に生える菌の生物発光が点在し、遠い星のようにきらめいていた。

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意味（1）

(mycology, chiefly US) Bioluminescence created by some types of fungus, particularly those growing on rotting wood.

The foxfire,—as the country people call it,—glowed hideously from the cold and matted bosom of the marsh; and, far from us, in the depths of darkness, the screech-owl sat upon his perch, brooding over the slimy pool, and whooping out a dismal curfew, that fell upon the ear like the cries of a tortured ghost.

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意味（2）

(by extension, loosely) Wood exhibiting fungal bioluminescence; torchwood.

On the inside is fixed a Barometer, by which he can tell the depth he is under water; a Compass, by which he knows the course he steers. In the barometer and on the needles of the compass is fixed fox-fire, i.e. wood that gives light in the dark.

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