| 释义 |
Dodonæan, -ean, a.|dəʊdəʊˈniːən|
[f. L. Dōdōnæus, a. Gr. Δωδωναῖος, f. Δωδώνη Dodona.]
Of or pertaining to Dodona in ancient Epirus, where there was a famed oracle of Zeus situated in a grove of oaks. Also † Dodonian |dəʊˈdəʊnɪən|.
1569Spenser Visions of Bellay v. in Theat. Worldlings, Then I behelde the faire Dodonian tree. 1632Lithgow Trav. i. 5 The Thespian spring, Where chatring birds, Dodonean trees do sing. 1851Thoreau Autumn 84 There is mast for me too..this Dodonean fruit. |