| 释义 |
yewen, a. Now rare or arch.|ˈjuːən|
Also 6 ewghen, eughen, 6–8 ewen, 7 yeughen.
[f. yew n. + -en4. Cf. MHG. îwîn, G. eiben.]
Made of the wood of the yew; consisting of yew-trees.
1563Norwich Depos. (1905) 77 A ewen bow. 1590Spenser F.Q. i. xi. 19 So farre as Ewghen bow a shaft may send. 1591― M. Hubberd 747 His stiffe armes to stretch with Eughen bowe. 1654C. Wase Gratius' Cyneget. Pref. b 3 b, A round hoop of yeughen wood made of boughs. a1700Ken Edmund Poet. Wks. 1721 II. 262 As warlike Archers bend long ewen Bows. 1861Reade Cloister & H. xxiv, In spite of their laws and their proclamations to keep up the yewen bow. 1884E. V. Boyle Days & Hours in Garden vi. 89 The square-topped Yewen hedge. |