圣艾尔摩之火

St.Elmo’s Fire

为那些不熟悉它的人说明一下,"圣艾尔摩之火"是指在暴风雨中金属物尖端周围所产生的如火焰般的蓝紫色光。这种现象的名称可以追溯到公元3世纪左右的意大利圣人“圣艾尔摩”,又名“圣伊拉斯谟”,他是早期地中海水手的守护神。在雷雨期间,这种光往往出现在船桅顶端。人们认为,如果圣艾尔摩出现,那就是个好兆头,是对水手祈祷的回应,因为大海将平静下来,风将逐渐平息。如果这种光在天气好的时候出现,据说那是圣艾尔摩的指引之手正发出警告,一场暴风雨即将到来。

For those not familiar,"St.Elmo’s Fire" is a name for the glow,1that looks like blue violet fire surrounding the top of pointed metal objects during a storm.This phenomenon,2 can trace its name back to an Italian saint,3"St.Elmo" or "St.Erasmus" around 300 A.D., the patron,4 saint of early Mediterranean sailors.This glow tended to appear on the tops of the masts,5 of ships during a thunderstorm People that if St.