| 单词 | almond tree |
| 释义 | > as lemmasalmond tree almond tree n. = sense A. 2.In quot. a1387 in figurative context, with allusion to the pale colour of almond blossom. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > edible nuts or nut-trees > [noun] > almond > almond-tree almandera1382 almond treea1387 almonda1398 a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 303 Iacob took grene ȝerdes of populers of almand trees and of platans [MS plauntes]. 1590 ‘Pasquil’ First Pt. Pasquils Apol. sig. Ev Vpon whose siluer heads the Almond-tree hath blossomde. 1877 S. Cox Expository Ess. xvii. 287 The almond-tree, whose branches were adusk and bare a few days since, is now flushed with rosy blooms. 2002 A. Clarke Polished Hoe (2003) i. 51 They could hear the leaves in the almond trees shake. < as lemmas |
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