| 释义 |
ˈswan-white, a. poet.
[Cf. MLG. swanewit, G. schwanenweiss, ON. svanhvítr (as a proper name).]
As white as a swan; snow-white.
1393Langl. P. Pl. C. xxi. 215 Yf alle þe worlde were whit oþer swan-whit alle þynges. 1508Dunbar Tua Mariit Wemen 243 Swan-quhit of hewis. a1618Sylvester Mem. Mortalitie ii. xlix, To note An old Sir Tame-ass..swan-white to dote On Venus' Dovelings. 1794Burns O Mally's Meek iii, Her yellow hair..Comes trinkling down her swan-white neck. 1823J. Baillie Poems, Ship's Return i, Thy swan-white sails exulting spread. a1900T. W. Rolleston The Dead at Clonmacnois v, Many a blue eye of Clan Colman the turf covers, Many a swan-white breast. |