单词 | foliage |
释义 | foliagen. 1. The leaves (of a plant or tree) collectively; leafage. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > leaf > [noun] > leaves or foliage shadec1000 leafOE felourea1400 filourc1400 hair1551 leafage1599 foliage1601 umbrage1657 foliature1682 folia1730 greenery1826 leafery1834 feather1842 leafdom1856 leaf mass1857 greening1895 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 25 There is not an hearbe..that taketh vp greater compasse with fuellage than doth the Beet. 1708 J. Philips Cyder i. 384 Swelling Buds their od'rous Foliage shed. 1785 W. Cowper Task vi. 144 These naked shoots..Shall put their graceful foliage on again. 1858 G. Glenny Gardener's Every-day Bk. (new ed.) 175/1 Bulbs are too frequently attacked by vermin when allowed to remain in the ground after the foliage has died down. 1863 M. E. Braddon Aurora Floyd I. i. 1 Labouring men's cottages gleaming white from the surrounding foliage. 2. a. In Art: The representation of leaves, etc. used for decoration or ornament. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > pattern or design > [noun] > foliage maple leaf1394 vinea1400 vinet1412 traila1423 garlandc1524 foilery1527 wreath?1586 leaf work1592 foliage1598 sprig1613 branching1652 leafage1658 leafing1688 acanthus leaf1703 feuillage1714 sprigging1775 foliature1814 pampre1842 palmette1850 vine-scroll1886 olive acanthus1888 foliage-border1891 branched work- 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Fogliami..foillage, or branched worke. 1664 J. Evelyn tr. R. Fréart Parallel Antient Archit. i. xxxiv. 80 The Foliage which domineers in the Freeze. 1763 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting III. ii. 83 The simplicity of the carver's foliage at once sets off..the glare of Verrio's paintings. 1861 J. H. Parker Introd. Study Gothic Archit. (ed. 2) iv. 102 Foliage is by no means an essential feature of the Early English style. a1878 G. G. Scott Lect. Mediæval Archit. (1879) I. 80 Foliage..most beautifully carved. b. A representation of a cluster of leaves, sprays, or branches. ? Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > representation in art > [noun] > an artistic representation > of living thing > plants water flower1480 fruitage1600 boscage1610 foliage1699 arborescence1856 phyllomorph1889 1699 S. Garth Dispensary v. 59 A Folliage of dissembl'd Senna Leaves, Grav'd round its Brim. 1730 A. Gordon tr. F. S. Maffei Compl. Hist. Anc. Amphitheatres 371 Foliages, or Branch-work. 1801 W. Coxe Hist. Tour Monmouthshire I. 74 A semicircular arch, ornamented with a foliage of twisted branches. Compounds C1. General attributive. a. foliage-border n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > pattern or design > [noun] > foliage maple leaf1394 vinea1400 vinet1412 traila1423 garlandc1524 foilery1527 wreath?1586 leaf work1592 foliage1598 sprig1613 branching1652 leafage1658 leafing1688 acanthus leaf1703 feuillage1714 sprigging1775 foliature1814 pampre1842 palmette1850 vine-scroll1886 olive acanthus1888 foliage-border1891 branched work- 1891 Daily News 2 July 6/1 A Louis XVI octagonal gold box, foliage borders and amber-coloured panels. foliage-stem n. ΚΠ 1884 F. O. Bower & D. H. Scott tr. H. A. de Bary Compar. Anat. Phanerogams & Ferns 122 The rhizome and foliage-stem may be similar or dissimilar. foliage-trimming n. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > parts of clothing > [noun] > trimmings or ornamentation > other jace1399 loopa1475 shakers1506 aglet1530 nerve1531 pipe1533 targeting1563 pinion1583 pinioning1597 tzitzit1618 loop-lace1632 button1671 tip1681 fal-lal1703 falbala1705 furbelow1706 jewelling1718 weeper1724 pompom1748 chiffons1765 foliage-trimming1818 mancheron1822 piping1825 manchette1835 patte1835 streamer1838 waterfall1841 paillette1843 brandenburgs1873 motif1882 patch1884 smocking1888 jockey1896 strapping1898 steel1899 sparklet1902 slotting1923 1818 La Belle Assemblée Jan. 36/2 A foliage trimming of pale blue satin. b. foliage-bound adj. ΚΠ 1805 W. Scott Lay of Last Minstrel vi. xxiii. 184 Shone every pillar foliage-bound. C2. foliage crop n. (see quot. 1831). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > crop or crops > [noun] > other crops fleece1513 white crop1743 green crop1744 root crop1772 row crop1776 robber1777 mix-grass1778 breaking-crop1808 industrial crop1818 foliage crop1831 kharifa1836 scourge-crop1842 overcrop1858 by-crop1880 coppice-with-standards1882 sewage grass1888 trap-crop1899 cleaning crop1900 nurse crop1907 cover crop1909 smother crop1920 stoop crop1928 snatch crop1937 break crop1967 wholecrop1968 1831 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Agric. 1243/2 Foliage crops, plants cultivated for their leaves to be used green, and which will not make into hay, as the cabbage tribe. foliage leaf n. a leaf in the restricted sense of the word, excluding petals and other modified leaves. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > leaf > [noun] > true leaf rough leaf1726 foliage leaf1872 1872 D. Oliver Lessons Elem. Bot. (new ed.) i. i. 4 I use the term foliage-leaves at present simply in order to avoid confusion with the leaves of which flowers are composed. 1882 S. H. Vines tr. J. von Sachs Text-bk. Bot. (ed. 2) 634 The cotyledons remain thin like shortly stalked foliage-leaves. foliage plant n. one cultivated for its foliage and not for its blossom. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > wild and cultivated plants > [noun] > cultivated or planted > grown for its foliage or seed small seed1793 foliage plant1862 seed-plant1878 1862 Times 10 Apr. Foliage plants..produce the effect required of them throughout the whole period of their growth. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). foliagev. transitive. To adorn with foliage or with a representation of leaves and flowers. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > pattern or design > pattern [verb (transitive)] > foliage branch1590 sprig1695 foliage1836 1836 in B. H. Smart Walker Remodelled 1846 Peter Parley's Ann. 64 The tombs..are inlaid with wreaths of flowers, and foliaged in their natural colours. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1598v.1836 |
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