Promethean

(a.) Of or pertaining to Prometheus. See Prometheus.

(a.) Having a life-giving quality; inspiring.

(n.) An apparatus for automatic ignition.

(n.) A kind of lucifer match.

整理:理查德

• Now, don't you suppose, my inexperienced girl, that I cannot rebel, in high Promethean fashion, against the gods and fate as well as you. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• Faraday, to whom also was given Promethean inspiration, procured some of Walker's matches and brought them to public notice. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• Prometheus, however, did reappear about 1820-25, when a match bearing the name Promethean was invented. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.

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