| 释义 |
boxen, a. arch.|ˈbɒksən|
[f. box n.1 + -en1.]
1. Of or pertaining to the box-tree or box-trees.
1578Lyte Dodoens vi. xxxi. 699 The lye in which Boxen leaves have been stieped, maketh the heare yellow. 1697Dryden Virg. Georg. ii. 613 Cytorus, ever green With Boxen Groves. c1800K. White Clift. Gr. 54 Beneath the boxen hedge reclined. 1835Fraser's Mag. XII. 543.
2. Made of or resembling box-wood.
[c1000ælfric Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 124 Pixis, bixen box.] 1566J. Studley Seneca's Agamem. (1581) 147 b, The hollow boxen pype..doth geue a solemne sound. 1637J. Pocklington Altare Chr. 42 Powder to turne my boxen teeth into Ivory. 1710Philips Pastorals vi. 17 A Boxen Haut-Boy, loud, and sweet. 1790Cowper Iliad xxiv. 344 The sculptured boxen yoke. |