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

3. In extended use. Something regarded as the pre-eminent or finest of its kind; that which in a particular sphere has power comparable to that of an empress; spec. (a) a celestial object, esp. the moon, as empress of (the) night (also air, sky, etc.) (usually poetic); (b) the pre-eminent or most admired city in a particular geographic region.

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?c1400 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (BL Add. 10340) (1868) iv. pr. i. l. 3098 For felonie is emperisse and flowreþ ful of rycchesse [L. nam imperante florenteque nequitia].

c1447 Queen Margaret To King in R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. (1886) I. Introd. p. lxiii The Imparesse of alle sciences and facultees, theologie.

1599 E. Spenser in L. Lewkenor tr. G. Contarini Commonw. & Gouernment Venice sig. ❧ 3^v The antique Babel, Empresse of the East, Vpreard her buildinges to the threatned skie.

1604 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Acosta Nat. & Morall Hist. Indies ii. vi. 93 This river (which in my opinion, deserves well the name of Empresse and Queene of all flouds).

1634 W. Habington Castara i. 30 The pale fac'd Empresse of the night, Lent in her chaste increase her borrowed light.

1682 J. Dryden Mac Flecknoe 8 Now Empress Fame had Publish'd the Renown Of Shad—s Coronation.

1740 Let. to Member of Parl. 50 The Terror of the British Naval Force will be much greater than ever: Britain may then be truly stiled Empress of the Ocean.

1795 T. White St. Guerdun's Well 10 Soon as the empress of the tides Was seen to rear her silver horn on high.

1832 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Feb. 353/1 The British capital has been called..the empress of all cities.

1837 W. Wordsworth Poet. Wks. (new ed.) V. 277 The aspiring Mountains and the winding Streams Empress of Night! are gladdened by thy beams.

1897 F. Thompson New Poems 113 Thou hast enwoofèd her [sc. the earth] An empress of the air, And all her births are propertied by thee.

1955 R. J. Deferrari tr. Eusebius in Fathers of Church XXIX. x. iv. 249 In the midst of the city that is empress of cities on earth.

2009 Alcalde (Univ. Texas) Jan.–Feb. 37/2 From Istanbul, magnificent ‘Empress of the World’, to ancient ruins, stunning landscapes, and the dramatic Turquoise Coast.

单词	empress of night
释义	> as lemmas empress of (the) night (also air, sky, etc.) 3. In extended use. Something regarded as the pre-eminent or finest of its kind; that which in a particular sphere has power comparable to that of an empress; spec. (a) a celestial object, esp. the moon, as empress of (the) night (also air, sky, etc.) (usually poetic); (b) the pre-eminent or most admired city in a particular geographic region. ΚΠ ?c1400 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (BL Add. 10340) (1868) iv. pr. i. l. 3098 For felonie is emperisse and flowreþ ful of rycchesse [L. nam imperante florenteque nequitia]. c1447 Queen Margaret To King in R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. (1886) I. Introd. p. lxiii The Imparesse of alle sciences and facultees, theologie. 1599 E. Spenser in L. Lewkenor tr. G. Contarini Commonw. & Gouernment Venice sig. ❧ 3^v The antique Babel, Empresse of the East, Vpreard her buildinges to the threatned skie. 1604 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Acosta Nat. & Morall Hist. Indies ii. vi. 93 This river (which in my opinion, deserves well the name of Empresse and Queene of all flouds). 1634 W. Habington Castara i. 30 The pale fac'd Empresse of the night, Lent in her chaste increase her borrowed light. 1682 J. Dryden Mac Flecknoe 8 Now Empress Fame had Publish'd the Renown Of Shad—s Coronation. 1740 Let. to Member of Parl. 50 The Terror of the British Naval Force will be much greater than ever: Britain may then be truly stiled Empress of the Ocean. 1795 T. White St. Guerdun's Well 10 Soon as the empress of the tides Was seen to rear her silver horn on high. 1832 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Feb. 353/1 The British capital has been called..the empress of all cities. 1837 W. Wordsworth Poet. Wks. (new ed.) V. 277 The aspiring Mountains and the winding Streams Empress of Night! are gladdened by thy beams. 1897 F. Thompson New Poems 113 Thou hast enwoofèd her [sc. the earth] An empress of the air, And all her births are propertied by thee. 1955 R. J. Deferrari tr. Eusebius in Fathers of Church XXIX. x. iv. 249 In the midst of the city that is empress of cities on earth. 2009 Alcalde (Univ. Texas) Jan.–Feb. 37/2 From Istanbul, magnificent ‘Empress of the World’, to ancient ruins, stunning landscapes, and the dramatic Turquoise Coast. extracted from empressn. < as lemmas
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