vesuvian
/vuh-soo-vee-uhn/US // vəˈsu vi ən //UK // (vɪˈsuːvɪən) //
维苏维恩,维苏维安,维苏威,维苏威人
Definitions
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
- : of, relating to, or resembling Mount Vesuvius; volcanic.
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : a type of match formerly used for lighting cigars; fusee.
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
The Duke's vesuvian was sputtering in the spray and wind, and he got a good light before he answered.
Suffice it to say that one day Miles and his father had a Vesuvian meeting on the subject of the army.
At last the eruption became "Vesuvian," and the ashes from the crater threatened to re-bury Pompeii—we mean Ashcroft.
“Some few of them are sensible, though,” went on the latter, flaring up a vesuvian to light his pipe.
Still another of our well-remembered pensions was on the bright Vesuvian Bay.
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