| 单词 | house eaves |
| 释义 | > as lemmashouse eaves house eaves n. ΚΠ a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Psalms ci. 7 I am maad as a nyȝt rauen in the hous euese. a1425 Medulla Gram. (Stonyhurst) f. 22 An house euese. 1585 J. Higgins tr. Junius Nomenclator 210/2 Deliquiæ,..water boords, or weather bordes: gutters whereinto the house eaues doe drop. a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) iii. i. 434 Sparrowes must not build in his house-eeues . View more context for this quotation 1741 R. Challoner Mem. Missionary Priests I. 64 Such an extreme Thirst, that he essayed to catch with his Hatt the drops of Rain from the House Eaves. 1801 J. Watt Let. 9 Jan. in J. P. Muirhead Origin & Progress Mech. Invent. J. Watt (1854) II. 272 One fell from a house-eaves, fifteen feet high. 1994 Guideposts Aug. 27/1 I saw the corner of the house eaves punch in my windshield. < as lemmas |
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