| 释义 |
drearihead arch.|ˈdrɪərɪhɛd|
[See -head.]
1. Sadness, sorrow; = dreariness 1.
c1250Gen. & Ex. 1122 So ist nu forwent mirie dale In to dririhed and in to bale. c1400Rom. Rose 4728 Delite right fulle of hevynesse, And dreried fulle of gladnesse. 1590Spenser F.Q. iii. i. 62 Suddein feare and ghastly drerihedd. Ibid. iii. ii. 30 What evill plight Hath..with sad drearyhead Chaunged thy lively cheare. a1764Lloyd Progr. Envy Poet. Wks. 1774 I. 138 Fit place for melancholy drearyhead. 1870Morris Earthly Par. III. iv. 92 Cast somewhat off, O friend, thy drearyhead.
2. Dismalness, gloominess; = dreariness 2.
1591Spenser Muiopotmos 347 She grew to hideous shape of dryrihed. 1647H. More Song of Soul i. iii. xi, If't [the sun] appear In rounder shape with skouling dreryhed. 1865G. Macdonald A. Forbes vii, Other sound there was none in this land of drearihead. |