释义 |
nectared, a.|ˈnɛktəd| [f. nectar + -ed2.] Filled, flavoured, or impregnated with nectar; deliciously sweet or fragrant. (lit. and fig.)
c1595Southwell St. Peter's Complaint 15 You Nectar'd Aumbryes of soule feeding meates. c1614Sir W. Mure Dido & æneas i. 461 Her sweet ambrosiall breath and nect'red hair. 1634Milton Comus 476 A perpetual feast of nectar'd sweets. 1715Pope Iliad i. 769 Each to his lips applied the nectar'd urn. 1772Sir W. Jones Laura 79 Ye radiant tresses! and thou, nectar'd smile! 1850Mrs. Hawthorne in N. Hawthorne & Wife (1885) I. 375 The children have lived upon the blue nectared air all winter. 1888E. C. Thomas Bury's Philobiblon (1902) 3 They are repelled violently from the nectared cup of philosophy. |