| 单词 | green island |
| 释义 | > as lemmasGreen Island Green Island n. (with the) Ireland. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Europe > British Isles > Ireland > [noun] Western Isle1557 shamrockshire1689 Teagueland1689 Wolfland1692 Green Island1797 Green Isle1812 the (old) sod1812 Paddyland1828 (is)land of saints1888 1797 W. Drennan Erin in Morning Post 29 Sept. 3/3 When Erin first rose from the dark swelling flood, God bless'd the Green Island, and saw it was good. 1854 Times 26 July 10/4 The greenest thing ever done by the House of Commons has been done upon the motion of Mr. Greene, a native of the Green Island, who has obtained a green committee for the greenest of all possible inquiries. 1905 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Aug. 253/1 Even then a taste for claret was a gentlemanly weakness among the priests and people of the green island. 1995 Y. Midzunoe in T. Westendorp & J. Mallinson Politics & Rhetoric Poetry vi. 62 His Irish heritage, which included the whole of the green island. < as lemmas |
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