lucifugous
英 [luː'sɪfjʊgəs]
美[lʊ'sɪfjəgəs]
- adj. 畏光的；怕光的
英英释意
- 1. light-avoiding
英文词源
- lucifugous (adj.)
- "shunning the light," 1650s, from Latin lucifugus, from stem of lucere "to shine" (see light (n.)) + stem of fugax "apt to flee, timid," figuratively "transitory, fleeting," from fugere "to flee" (see fugitive (adj.)).