| 单词 | harpy raven |
| 释义 | > as lemmasharpy raven attributive and in other combinations, as harpy advocate, harpy breed, harpy fury, harpy grin, harpy lawyer, harpy pettifogger, harpy race, harpy raven; harpy-footed, harpy-like adjs.; harpy-monument n. a monument found at Xanthus in Lycia, on which are figures resembling harpies. ΚΠ 1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy Democritus to Rdr. 32 They..vndoe one another, to enrich an Harpy Aduocate. 1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy ii. i. iv. i. 299 That he be not ouer carelesse or covetous, Harpylike to make a prey of his patient. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 596 Thither by harpy-footed Furies hail'd. View more context for this quotation 1749 T. Smollett Regicide ii. viii. 27 Why let in A Train of harpy Sorrows to my Breast? 1767 J. Wesley Jrnl. 11 Aug. The harpy-lawyers are..disappointed. 1853–78 W. Smith Classical Dict. 298 In the famous Harpy monument recently brought from Lycia to this country, the Harpies are represented in the act of carrying off the daughters of Pandareus. 1866 A. Trollope Claverings xxiv Woman,—altogether of the harpy breed! < as lemmas |
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