| 释义 |
‖ parapluie|paraplɥi|
[Fr.]
An umbrella.
The word had wide literary currency in the 19th c.
1781H. Newdigate Let. 30 Sept. in A. E. Newdigate-Newdegate Cheverels (1898) iii. 35 It has poured all this Day..but with y⊇ help of Pattins & Parapluies we got to y⊇ Well. 1790E. Helme tr. Le Vaillant's Trav. Afr. I. ii. 32 He that takes the East side of the mountain should carry his paraplue [sic], while he that takes the West would have occasion for his parasol. 1813M. Edgeworth Let. 31 May (1971) 69 A shower came on and all the dressed groups were forced to take shelter under trees and parapluies. 1827M. Wilmot Jrnl. 21 Aug. in More Lett. (1935) 291 Both wet, but not very bad as they had parapluis [sic]. 1847Punch 6 Feb. 62/2 Our umbrellas..bear no announcement of some new pill... The parapluie is destined to become a tremendous vehicle for information. 1970T. S. Crawford Hist. Umbrella viii. 158 In the 1880s, the French author, Uzanne, was implying that certain French ‘gentlemen’ armed with parapluies were in the habit of preying on girls..on rainy evenings. |