| 单词 | amber-dropping |
| 释义 | > as lemmasamber-dropping amber-dropping adj. literary and poetic that drips amber (in various senses of the noun).In quot. 1596 in figurative context, with reference to poetic inspiration. ΚΠ 1596 C. Fitzgeffry Sir Francis Drake sig. B5v Imbath your Angel-feathers loftie quill In fluent amber-dropping Castalie. That liquid gold may from your pen distill, Encarving characters of memorie. 1852 R. Kelsey Alfred of Wessex II. xiii. 2 Morning's blink..bids them away To amber-dropping caves, where sportively They feast on liquid pearls. 1993 A. Birrell Chinese Mythology (1999) xi. 189 Daphne turned into laurel and the sisters of Phaeton into amber-dropping trees. < as lemmas |
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