| 词汇 | ark |
| 词源 | ark. “The sacred Biblical vessel built by Noah for preserva- tion against the Flood,” according to British admiral William Henry Smyth in the Sailor’s Lexicon. “It was 300 cubits in length, 50 in breadth, and 30 in height, and of whatever materi- als it was pitched over or pay’d with bitumen . . .” Ark is also the name of a mare’s tail cloud, or cirrhus, when it forms a streak across the sky. |
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