| 词汇 | pharos |
| 词源 | pharos. Pharos has become a synonym for “light-house,” but it was originally one of the Seven Wonders of the World, a light- house built by Ptolemy II on the island of Pharos off Alexan- dria, Egypt, that was 200 to 600 feet high and could be seen 42 miles away. See pharaoh. |
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