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 locofoco [,lәukәu'fәukәu]   添加此单词到默认生词本
n. 摩擦火柴




    Locofoco \Lo`co*fo"co\, n. [Of uncertain etymol.; perh. for L.
    loco foci instead of fire; or, according to Bartlett, it was
    called so from a self-lighting cigar, with a match
    composition at the end, invented in 1834 by John Marck of New
    York, and called by him locofoco cigar, in imitation of the
    word locomotive, which by the uneducated was supposed to
    mean, self-moving.]
    1. A friction match. [U.S.]

    2. A nickname formerly given to a member of the Democratic
    party. [U.S.]

    Note: The name was first applied, in 1834, to a portion of
    the Democratic party, because, at a meeting in Tammany
    Hall, New York, in which there was great diversity of
    sentiment, the chairman left his seat, and the lights
    were extinguished, for the purpose of dissolving the
    meeting; when those who were opposed to an adjournment
    produced locofoco matches, rekindled the lights,
    continued the meeting, and accomplished their object.

    Lucifer \Lu"ci*fer\, n. [L., bringing light, n., the morning
    star, fr. lux, lucis, light + ferre to bring.]
    1. The planet Venus, when appearing as the morning star; --
    applied in Isaiah by a metaphor to a king of Babylon.

    How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of
    the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground
    which didst weaken the nations! --Is. xiv. 12.

    Tertullian and Gregory the Great understood this
    passage of Isaiah in reference to the fall of Satan;
    in consequence of which the name Lucifer has since
    been applied to Satan. --Kitto.

    2. Hence, Satan.

    How wretched
    Is that poor man that hangs on princes' favors! . .
    .
    When he falls, he falls like Lucifer,
    Never to hope again. --Shak.

    3. A match[1] made of a sliver of wood tipped with a
    combustible substance, and ignited by friction; -- called
    also {lucifer match}, and {locofoco}, now most commonly
    referred to as a {friction match}. See {Locofoco}.

    4. (Zo["o]l.) A genus of free-swimming macruran Crustacea,
    having a slender body and long appendages.

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