BROCKEN SPECTRE

Meaning of BROCKEN SPECTRE in English

■ noun a magnified shadow of an observer thrown on to a bank of cloud in high mountain areas when the sun is low.

Origin

C19: named after the Brocken , the highest of the Harz Mountains in Germany.

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BROCKEN SPECTRE — add. ·- a mountain specter (which see), ·esp. that observed on the brocken, in the harz mountains.
Webster English vocab
BROCKEN SPECTRE — Брокенский Призрак
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
SPECTRE — () A mountain specter (which see), esp. that observed on the Brocken, in the Harz Mountains.
Английский словарь Webster
SPECTRE — n. (US specter) 1 a ghost. 2 a haunting presentiment or preoccupation (the spectre of war). 3 (in comb.) used …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SPECTRE — n. (US specter) 1 a ghost. 2 a haunting presentiment or preoccupation (the spectre of war). 3 (in comb.) used …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SPECTRE — n. (US specter) 1. a ghost. 2 a haunting presentiment or preoccupation (the spectre of war). 3 (in comb.) used …
Oxford English vocab
SPECTRE — ~ (-al)
English interlingue dictionary
SPECTRE — kalag
English-Visayan vocabulary
SPECTRE — noun see: specter
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
BROCKEN — geographical name mountain 3747 feet (1142 meters ) central Germany near former East Germany-W. Germany border; highest in Harz Mountains
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
BROCKEN — Highest point in the Harz Mountains , central Germany. Its granite peak reaches 3,747 ft (1,142 m). When the sun …
Английский словарь Британика
SPECTRE — noun see specter
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SPECTRE — (n.) See Specter.
Английский словарь Webster
SPECTRE — (n.) A stick insect.
Английский словарь Webster
SPECTRE — (n.) The tarsius.
Английский словарь Webster
SPECTRE — (n.) Something preternaturally visible; an apparition; a ghost; a phantom.
Английский словарь Webster
SPECTRE — ( n. ) The tarsius.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SPECTRE — ( n. ) Something preternaturally visible; an apparition; a ghost; a phantom.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SPECTRE — ( n. ) See Specter.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SPECTRE — ( n. ) A stick insect.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SPECTRE — /spek"teuhr/ , n. Chiefly Brit. specter.
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BROCKEN — /brok"euhn/ ; Ger. /brddawk"euhn/ , n. a mountain in N central Germany: the highest peak in the Harz Mountains. 3745 …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BROCKEN — geographical name mountain 3747 feet (1142 meters ) central Germany near former East Germany-W. Germany border; highest in Harz Mountains
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SPECTRE — noun a stick insect. 2. spectre ·noun ·see specter. 3. spectre ·noun the tarsius. 4. spectre ·noun something preternaturally visible; …
Webster English vocab
BROCKEN — also called Blocksberg, highest point (3,747 feet ) of the Harz Mountains, lying 8 miles (13 km) west-southwest of Wernigerode, …
Britannica English vocabulary
SPECTRE — spectre BrE AmE ˈspekt ə AmE \ - ə r ▷ spectre|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
BROCKEN — Brocken BrE AmE ˈbrɒk ə n AmE ˈbrɑːk- —German [ ˈbʁɔk ə n \] ▶ ˌ Brocken ˈ spectre BrE …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SPECTRE — ( BrE ) ( US spec·ter ) / ˈspektə(r); NAmE / noun 1. spectre (of sth) something unpleasant that people …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SPECTRE — spec ‧ tre BrE AmE British English , specter American English /ˈspektə $ -ər/ noun 1 . the spectre of …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SPECTRE — ( spectres) Note: in AM, use 'specter' 1. If you refer to the spectre of something unpleasant, you are referring …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SPECTRE — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ VERB raise ▪ The cultural move from an autonomous and independent sculpture back to the …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SPECTRE — US usually specter [noun] [C] [literary] - the influence of a person who is not present, or the expectation of …
Cambridge English vocab
BROCKEN — Highest point in the Harz Mountains , central Germany. Its granite peak reaches 3,747 ft (1,142 m). When the sun …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
SPECTRE — ( BrE ) ( AmE specter ) noun ADJECTIVE ▪ grim ( esp. BrE ), ominous ▪ The grim ~ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
SPECTRE — n. 25B6; noun the spectres in the crypt : GHOST, phantom, apparition, spirit, wraith, shadow, presence; informal spook; poetic/literary phantasm, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
SPECTRE — n. 1 ghost, phantom, wraith, apparition, vision, spirit, shade, revenant, Doppelgnger, chimera, Colloq spook, bogeyman or bogyman Each year the …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
SPECTRE — сущ. 1) привидение, призрак Syn : apparition, spook, ghost 2) дурное предчувствие привидение, видение, призрак, фантом - the * of …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SPECTRE — spectre.ogg ʹspektə n 1. привидение, видение, призрак, фантом the spectre of Hamlet's father - тень отца Гамлета to raise to …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
BROCKEN — пик Броккен
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
BROCKEN — (n) Броккен
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
SPECTRE — n 1. привидение, видение, призрак, фантом the spectre of Hamlet's father - тень отца Гамлета to raise to lay /to …
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BROCKEN — пик Броккен
Англо-Русский географический словарь
SPECTRE — сущ. 1) привидение, призрак Syn : apparition, spook, ghost 2) дурное предчувствие привидение, видение, призрак, фантом - the * of …
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BROCKEN BOW — noun see brocken specter
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SPECTER OF THE BROCKEN — Usage: usually capitalized B : brocken specter
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BROCKEN SPECTER — noun or brocken bow ˈbräkən- Usage: usually capitalized B Etymology: from Brocken, peak in the Harz mountains, Germany; Brocken specter, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BROCKEN SPECTER — an optical phenomenon sometimes occurring at high altitudes when the image of an observer placed between the sun and a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BROCKEN BOW — /boh/ anticorona. [ so called from frequent observation of the phenomenon by individuals standing on the BROCKEN at sunset ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BROCKEN SPECTER — add. ·- ·alt. of brocken spectre.
Webster English vocab
BROCKEN BOW — also called Anticorona, Glory, Brocken Spectre, or Mountain Spectre, the apparently enormously magnified shadow of an observer cast, when the …
Britannica English vocabulary
WALPURGIS NIGHT — Night before May 1. The name comes from the 8th-century St. Walburga (or Walpurgis), an English missionary who ran an …
Английский словарь Британика
HARZ MOUNTAINS — Mountain range, central Germany. Lying between the Elbe rivers, it is 60 mi (100 km) long and about 20 mi …
Английский словарь Британика
GLORY — I. ˈglōrē, -ȯrē, -ri noun ( -es ) Etymology: Middle English glorie glory, vainglory, from Middle French & Latin; Middle …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MOUNTAIN SPECTER — noun : brocken specter
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HARZ — most northerly mountain range in Germany, between the Weser and Elbe rivers, occupying parts of the German Lnder (states) of …
Britannica English vocabulary
HARZ MOUNTAINS — Mountain range, central Germany. Lying between the Weser and Elbe rivers, it is 60 mi (100 km) long and about …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
FEEL — 1. гл.; прош. вр. и прич. прош. вр. - felt 1) а) ощупывать, осязать, трогать, прикасаться; диал. обонять, "слышать" запах; …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
ПРИЗНАК БРОКЕНСКИЙ — Brocken bow, Brocken specter
Большой Русско-Английский словарь
FEEL — 1. гл.; прош. вр. и прич. прош. вр. - felt 1) а) ощупывать, осязать, трогать, прикасаться; диал. обонять, "слышать" запах; …
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