| 单词 | ass's milk |
| 释义 | > as lemmasass's milk ass's milk n. milk from an ass; cf. ass milk n. at Compounds 2a.The practice of bathing in ass's milk, often with connotation of luxury, is associated with a number of historical figures, most notably Cleopatra. ΚΠ 1509 H. Watson tr. S. Brant Shyppe of Fooles (de Worde) lvii. sig. O.ii Enoynted with asses mylke. 1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares f. 72 She was wont, in Asses mylke to bathe her, to engraine her skyn more gentle, plyant, delicate and supple. 1620 T. Venner Via Recta v. 87 Asses milke appertaineth rather vnto physicke then vnto meat. 1734 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) I. 453 Your cough not gone yet?..I beg you will drink asses milk and ground ivy tea. 1867 Once a Week 14 Nov. 406/1 Asses' milk was once a cosmetic. 1906 N.Y. State Jrnl. Med. July 274/2 The low percentage of fat in ass's milk..was known to agree best with nurslings. 2013 M. Beard Confronting Classics xii. 121 The inventive traditions of modern drama..have indelibly fixed a languorous and decadent queen bathing in ass's milk in the popular imagination. < as lemmas |
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