单词 | harebell |
释义 | harebelln. 1. The wild hyacinth, Scillanutans: = bluebell n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > lily and allied flowers > bluebell and allied flowers > bluebell or wild hyacinth harebell1387 crow-leekc1450 wild hyacinth1578 lily hyacinth1597 lily jacinth1597 culverkeysa1609 crow-bellsa1697 bluebell1755 wood hyacinth1897 1387–8 Compotus of Mary C'tess of Derby 2 P' armilaus domine et capucio broid' cum harebells. 14.. in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 713/9 Hec bursa pastoris, harebelle. 1597 J. Gerard Herball i. 99 The blew Harebels or English Iacint is very common throughout all England. a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) iv. ii. 223 The azur'd Hare-bell, like thy Veines. View more context for this quotation 1616 W. Browne Britannia's Pastorals II. iii. 61 The Hare-bell for her stainlesse azur'd hue, Claimes to be worne of none but those are true. 1620 J. Parkinson Paradisi in Sole ii. xi. 122 Our English Iacinth or Hares-bels is so common euery where, that it scarce needeth any description. 1786 S. Henley tr. W. Beckford Arabian Tale 23 The ground was strewed with violets, hare-bells, and pansies. 1802 Trans. Soc. Arts 20 203 The root of the Hyacinthus non scriptus, the plant commonly called Blue-Bells, or Hare-Bells. 1879 J. Britten & R. Holland Dict. Eng. Plant-names 2. The Round-leaved Bell-flower, Campanula rotundifolia: = bluebell n. 1a.This application appears to have arisen in Scotland, where the Campanula is much more abundant than the wild hyacinth. Sometimes, with reference to the slender stalk, altered to hairbell, which Lindley tried to establish in this sense, leaving harebell to its original use in sense 1. Originally, in English use, ‘Bluebell’ was Campanula, ‘Harebell’ was Scilla, ‘Hair-bell’ non-existent. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > bellflowers bell-flower1578 bluebell1578 Canterbury bells1578 Coventry bells1578 Coventry Marians1578 Coventry rapes1578 fair-in-sight1578 gauntlet1578 haskwort1578 Marian's violet1578 throatwort1578 lady's looking glass1597 mariet1597 Mercury's violet1597 peach-bells1597 steeple bells1597 uvula-wort1597 Venus looking-glass1597 campanula1664 Spanish bell1664 corn-violet1665 rampion1688 Venus' glass1728 harebell1767 heath-bell1805 witch bell1808 slipperwort1813 meadow-bell1827 greygle1844 platycodon1844 lady's thimble1853 kikyo1884 witches' bells1884 balloon flower1901 fairy thimble1914 mountain bell1923 1767 W. J. Mickle Sir Martyn i. i. 5 On Desmon's mouldering Turrets slowly shake The trembling Rie-grass, and the hare-bell blue. 1793 R. Burns Poems (ed. 2) II. 170 Mourn little harebells o'er the lee. 1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake i. 23 E'en the slight hare-bell raised its head, Elastic from her airy tread. 1810 R. Southey Curse of Kehama vii. 62 Gently as the dews of night that gem, And do not bend the hare-bell's slenderest stem. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. 208/2 Campanula rotundifolia, Hare-bell, or..Hair-bell, the Blue-bell of Scotland. a1882 J. G. Whittier To —— in Poet. Wks. (1898) 162 Banks inclined, With trembling harebells hung. 3. attributive, as harebell blue. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > blue or blueness > [noun] > light blue watchetc1405 vessey colour1562 fesse1587 Venice blue1598 Turkey colour1661 powder blue1752 Eton blue1851 ice-blue1851 periwinkle blue1852 Cambridge blue1858 baby blue1861 starch blue1875 duck's egg1876 pervenche1876 opal blue1881 periwinkle1895 pervenche blue1898 harebell blue1909 horizon-blue1919 Nattier blue1923 zircon blue1928 Mary blue1943 1909 Daily Chron. 15 June 7/5 The dress linens..have been prepared in many exquisite shades of leaf-green, pale primrose, hare-bell blue. 1925 T. Dreiser Amer. Trag. iii. xvi. 647 His harebell eyes showing only cold..practical logic. 1940 C. Day Lewis Poems in Wartime 8 This hare~bell height of calm. 1940 C. Day Lewis Poems in Wartime 9 The climb To a tremulous, hare-bell crest. 1969 R. Godden In this House of Brede i. 37 Dame Veronica of the wistful hare-bell blue eyes. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1387 |
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