英语词汇“city of dreaming spires”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

dreaming spires n. used allusively to refer to the city or university of Oxford. Also in city of (the) dreaming spires.Occasionally referring to the universities of Oxford and Cambridge regarded together: cf. Oxbridge n.

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1866 M. Arnold Thyrsis iii, in Macmillan's Mag. Apr. 449 And that sweet City with her dreaming spires,..Lovely all times she lies, lovely to-night.]

1876 Manch. Guardian 7 July 5/2 [Some think] there would be peril in placing on one level the dreaming spires by the Isis and the brand new building in Oxford-street [sc. the University of Manchester].

1893 Macmillan's Mag. 1 May 289/1 Long hours in cushioned punts on the winding Cherwell, with the city of the dreaming spires at one's back.

1970 Times 25 May 3/7 Long hair and graffiti have caught up with the dreaming spires.

1985 Guardian (Nexis) 12 Mar. These sixth-formers conclude that there's nobody like them at Oxbridge;..that three years among the dreaming spires would be a nightmare.

1997 S. Kress C. G. Heilbrun iv. 109 She is forced to counter her infatuation with the city of dreaming spires with her realization of the Oxford establishment's treatment of women.

2013 Oxf. Times (Nexis) 30 Sept. If Ed Miliband wants some pointers on how to win the next General Election, he could do worse than look at what is happening among the dreaming spires.

单词	city of dreaming spires
释义	> as lemmas city of (the) dreaming spires dreaming spires n. used allusively to refer to the city or university of Oxford. Also in city of (the) dreaming spires.Occasionally referring to the universities of Oxford and Cambridge regarded together: cf. Oxbridge n. ΚΠ 1866 M. Arnold Thyrsis iii, in Macmillan's Mag. Apr. 449 And that sweet City with her dreaming spires,..Lovely all times she lies, lovely to-night.] 1876 Manch. Guardian 7 July 5/2 [Some think] there would be peril in placing on one level the dreaming spires by the Isis and the brand new building in Oxford-street [sc. the University of Manchester]. 1893 Macmillan's Mag. 1 May 289/1 Long hours in cushioned punts on the winding Cherwell, with the city of the dreaming spires at one's back. 1970 Times 25 May 3/7 Long hair and graffiti have caught up with the dreaming spires. 1985 Guardian (Nexis) 12 Mar. These sixth-formers conclude that there's nobody like them at Oxbridge;..that three years among the dreaming spires would be a nightmare. 1997 S. Kress C. G. Heilbrun iv. 109 She is forced to counter her infatuation with the city of dreaming spires with her realization of the Oxford establishment's treatment of women. 2013 Oxf. Times (Nexis) 30 Sept. If Ed Miliband wants some pointers on how to win the next General Election, he could do worse than look at what is happening among the dreaming spires. extracted from dreamingadj. < as lemmas
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