单词 | grey hairs |
释义 | > as lemmasgrey hairs b. The plural hairs was formerly used = the collective sense 2 [Compare Latin crines, French les cheveux, German die haare.] Now obsolete or archaic as in grey hairs, which is also often taken not collectively. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > hair > hair of head > [noun] lockeOE faxc900 hairc1000 hairc1000 headOE topc1275 toppingc1400 peruke1548 fleece1577 crine1581 head of hair1587 poll1603 a fell of haira1616 thatcha1634 maidenhair1648 chevelure1652 wool1697 toupet1834 nob-thatch1846 barnet1857 toss1946 c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Mark (Corpus Cambr.) i. 6 Iohannes wæs gescryd mid oluendes hærum. c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) John xi. 2 Mary..anoyntide the Lord with oynement, and wipte his feet with hir heeris. c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Luke vii. 38 Sche..bigan to moiste his feet with teeris, and wypide with heeris of hir heed [1881 R.V. the hair of her head]. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 8079 Þaire browes ware growen side with heres. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 3989 Gilde hores hade þat gay, godely to se. 1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. 70/2 His olde age or white heares. 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv. viii. sig. G7 He..would..Knocke his head, and rend his rugged heares . View more context for this quotation 1611 Bible (King James) Gen. xliv. 29 Ye shall bring downe my gray haires with sorrow to the graue. View more context for this quotation 1717 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad III. x. 19 He rends his Hairs, in sacrifice to Jove. 1826 H. N. Coleridge Six Months W. Indies 230 Venerable for his white hairs. < as lemmas |
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