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

† closet picture n. Obsolete a picture of a type suitable to be kept in a private chamber or cabinet (see cabinet n. and adj. Compounds 1).In quot. a1894 apparently figurative, although the literal use appears to be already rare by this date.

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1633 T. Adams Comm. 2 Peter (i. 16) 294 So the worldling heares us preach of Christ, his precious merits, grievous passion, gracious redemption, glorious reward; but still his Closset-picture he thinkes better of than all these.

1721 London Gaz. No. 6003/3 Great choice of the finest Closet Pictures.

1780 W. Beckford Biogr. Mem. Painters 11 It is incredible what elegant closet pictures he lavished upon this haughty beauty.

a1894 R. L. Stevenson Amateur Emigrant (1895) 21 This [description] is the closet picture, and is found, on trial, to consist mostly of embellishments.

单词	closet picture
释义	> as lemmas closet picture † closet picture n. Obsolete a picture of a type suitable to be kept in a private chamber or cabinet (see cabinet n. and adj. Compounds 1).In quot. a1894 apparently figurative, although the literal use appears to be already rare by this date. ΚΠ 1633 T. Adams Comm. 2 Peter (i. 16) 294 So the worldling heares us preach of Christ, his precious merits, grievous passion, gracious redemption, glorious reward; but still his Closset-picture he thinkes better of than all these. 1721 London Gaz. No. 6003/3 Great choice of the finest Closet Pictures. 1780 W. Beckford Biogr. Mem. Painters 11 It is incredible what elegant closet pictures he lavished upon this haughty beauty. a1894 R. L. Stevenson Amateur Emigrant (1895) 21 This [description] is the closet picture, and is found, on trial, to consist mostly of embellishments. extracted from closetn.adj. < as lemmas
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