photogen

/foh-tuh-juhn, -jen/US // ˈfoʊ tə dʒən, -ˌdʒɛn //

光源,光原,发光体,光素

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : a light oil obtained by the distillation of bituminous shale, coal, or peat: once commercially produced chiefly as an illuminant and as a solvent.
- : Biology. a photogenic organ, organism, or substance.

He had scarcely said it when he repented; nor did he regret it the less when he found that Photogen made no reply.
Photogen slept, and slept; and Nycteris sat motionless lest she should waken him, and so betray him to his fear.
"But you don't know what mad animals there are away there toward the south," said Photogen.
I like "Photogen and Nycteris" so much that I can hardly wait till the next number comes.
So that, as Photogen grew older, Fargu began to tremble, for he found it steadily growing harder to restrain him.