α. 1600s– emplume, 1600s– enplume.
β. 1600s inplume, 1600s 1800s implume.
单词 | emplume |
释义 | emplumev.α. 1600s– emplume, 1600s– enplume. β. 1600s inplume, 1600s 1800s implume. Chiefly poetic in later use. transitive. To provide with a plume or plumes; to cover or decorate with, or as if with, plumes or feathers.In quot. 1631 perhaps: to tar and feather (see tar v.1 b). ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > public or popular punishments > [verb (transitive)] > tar and feather emplume1611 tar1769 feathera1777 1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Impennare, to enfeather, to enplume. 1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Inpennacchiare, to infeather, to inplume. 1612 W. Parkes Curtaine-drawer 20 That like to Iris had of late implum'd, His curled branches. 1631 J. Mabbe tr. F. de Rojas Spanish Bawd ii. 33 That gadding to and fro Bawd, who for her villanies..hath been several times implumed [Sp. emplumada]. 1651 H. Delaune Πατρικον δωρον 46 Converse most with your Betters; Men of brain Still bring some Feathers to emplume your Nest. 1777 J. Hanway Commemorative Sacrifice Lord's Supper p. xlvi Pride sits enplumed in the head dress. 1854 E. B. Browning Plea Ragged Schools London in E. B. Browning & R. Browning Two Poems 8 Angelhoods, emplumed In such ringlets of pure glory! 1888 A. C. Swinburne March in 19th Cent. Mar. 318 Swan-soft feathers of snow with whose luminous burden the branches implumed Hung heavily. 1909 J. McD. Leavitt Our Flag, Our Rose, & Our Country 206 Enplume my brow, and case my limbs in mail, Till I by valour earn'd the crown I wear. 1992 L. Murray Transl. from Nat. World 6 Long palm trees..emplumed niches near the sky. Derivatives emˈplumed adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > [adjective] > ornamented with plumes or feathers peacock-feathered1429 plumeda1529 well-plumed1575 beplumed1582 plumy-crested1598 emplumed1622 feathered1624 plumy1631 befeathered1635 ostrich-plumed1883 1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue ii. 21 They might very well haue put the implumed Hat vpon my head. 1789 Leith Hill 19 Enplum'd for flight the Muse expands her wing. 1862 H. W. Beecher Royal Truths 80 An evergreen..stands emplumed and embowered there. 1907 I. Gilchrist Life Mrs Sherwood xiii. 129 The blooming young man in his gold laced coat, and his enplumed cap. 2005 G. Reichel-Dolmatoff Goldwork & Shamanism (new ed.) 49 (caption) Pectoral with the form of emplumed Bird-Man. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1611 |
随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。