英语词汇“china-orange”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

China-orange n. the Sweet Orange of commerce ( Citrus Aurantium), originally brought from China; frequently taken as a typical object of trifling value.

1666 S. Pepys Diary 5 Mar. (1972) VII. 67 I..made them welcome with wine and China oranges (now a great rarity).

1698 tr. A. Brand Jrnl. Embassy from Muscovy 87 Grapes, Apples..China-Oranges,..and other fruits.

1771 P. Parsons Newmarket II. 149 A hundred pounds to a China orange upon Eclipse.

1819 T. Moore Tom Crib's Memorial to Congress (ed. 3) 38 All Lombard-street to nine-pence on it. Note, More usually ‘Lombard-street to a China orange’.

1849 E. Bulwer-Lytton Caxtons I. iv. iii. 167 ‘It is Lombard Street to a China orange,’ quoth Uncle Jack. ‘Are the odds in favour of fame against failure so great?’..answered my father.

单词	china-orange
释义	> as lemmas China-orange China-orange n. the Sweet Orange of commerce ( Citrus Aurantium), originally brought from China; frequently taken as a typical object of trifling value. Π 1666 S. Pepys Diary 5 Mar. (1972) VII. 67 I..made them welcome with wine and China oranges (now a great rarity). 1698 tr. A. Brand Jrnl. Embassy from Muscovy 87 Grapes, Apples..China-Oranges,..and other fruits. 1771 P. Parsons Newmarket II. 149 A hundred pounds to a China orange upon Eclipse. 1819 T. Moore Tom Crib's Memorial to Congress (ed. 3) 38 All Lombard-street to nine-pence on it. Note, More usually ‘Lombard-street to a China orange’. 1849 E. Bulwer-Lytton Caxtons I. iv. iii. 167 ‘It is Lombard Street to a China orange,’ quoth Uncle Jack. ‘Are the odds in favour of fame against failure so great?’..answered my father. extracted from Chinan.¹adj. < as lemmas
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