单词 | in white |
释义 | > as lemmasin white a. White clothing or attire. Frequently in in white.In quot. OE rendering post-classical Latin alba alb n., but perhaps to be interpreted as adverb (compare discussion at whitely adv.).With use with reference to matrimony (as in quots. 1768, 1986) cf. white wedding n. at Compounds 1f. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] > of specific colour purpureeOE blackc1225 greyc1225 white?c1225 greena1250 yellow1368 violet1380 purplec1390 blue1480 colours1641 tawnies1809 butternut1810 subfusc1853 solid1883 Lovat1908 jungle green1946 OE Prognostics (Tiber.) (2007) 306 Alba aut splendida se uestire, iocunditatem significat : hwite oððe beorhte hine gescrydan wynsumnysse getacnað.] ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 9 Þus seint iames descriueð religiun. Nouðer hwit neblac ne nem[m]et he in his ordre. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 12302 Heo hafden on iqueðen alle..þat heo wolden of ane heowen heore claðes habben. Sum hafde whit sum hafden ræd sum hafde god grene æc. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1872) IV. 321 Whan Pilatus sente Iesus i-cloþed in white [L. veste alba indutum] to Herodes. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 18772 Bi-side þam stode tua men in quite. a1450 Castle Perseverance (1969) 1 Þe iiij dowterys schul be clad in mentelys, Mercy in wyth, rythwysnesse in red [etc.]. c1503 R. Arnold Chron. sig. G.vi A hole cloth of blewe a cloth of tawny. a longe Clothe of white two. short clothes of white. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. ccxxviii On the Assencion day folowyng, the kyng ware whyte for mournyng. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. i. sig. Bv Her all in white he clad, and ouer it Cast a black stole. 1602 L. Lloyd Briefe Conf. Divers Lawes 82 Vnto these kinde of feasts the Romanes might not come in black or sad coloured garments, but all in white. 1680 C. Ness Compl. Church-hist. 272 Having decked her self with the White of Simplicity. 1717 E. Fenton Poems 37 Peace, Dove-ey'd, and rob'd in white. 1768 O. Goldsmith Good Natur'd Man iv. 48 It's the worst luck in the world [to be married] in anything but white. 1815 Ann. Reg., Chron. 49/2 The pall was supported by six young females attired in white. 1859 Ld. Tennyson Elaine 1152 in Idylls of King She herself in white. 1961 P. Kemp Alms for Oblivion vii. 116 Priests wear white, and a high priest or pedanda goes bareheaded and carries a staff surmounted by a crystal ball. 1986 Sunday Times 2 Mar. 25 This image was given a certain piquancy at her wedding,..when she both wore white and gave the finger to the paparazzi circling in helicopters above. 2011 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 26 May 16/2 The Damas—who protest by walking through the streets of Havana dressed in white and holding gladiolas. < as lemmas |
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