| 释义 |
jewelly, -ely, a.|ˈdʒ(j)uːəlɪ|
[f. jewel n. + -y.]
1. Abounding in, adorned with, or wearing jewels. Also fig.
1765John Brown Chr. Jrnl. (1814) 137 The splendid wealth of the jewelly tribe. 1862M. B. Edwards John & I, xxxix. (1876) 290 Glimpses..of jewelly orchards and vine⁓yards. 1881G. Macdonald Mary Marston II. ix. 157 Jewelly Tom was idling away time.
2. Resembling a jewel, jewel-like; having the brilliancy of a jewel. Also fig.
1822–56De Quincey Confess. (1862) 26 This incident..I look back upon..as a jewelly parenthesis of pathetic happiness. 1880M. B. Edwards Forestalled I. i. vi. 90 The little town was garlanded with fiery cressets and stars of jewelly light and lustre. 1885C. Monkhouse in Mag. of Art Sept. 471/1 Walls..lit with jewelly glass. |