单词 | in the green |
释义 | > as lemmasin the green P7. in the green: while in leaf; in the period of youthful growth or vigour. Cf. in the green tree at Phrases 1, and sense A. 10. ΚΠ 1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam lxxiii. 102 Thy leaf has perish'd in the green . View more context for this quotation 1886 C. H. Parkhurst Serm. 15 May in W. F. Crafts Sabbath for Man 267 All disobedience is anarchy, young anarchy, anarchy in the green. 1904 L. I. Guiney Robert Emmet 63 It reminds us what a network of beneficent will and forethought made up that intense nature, and how the perishing leaf was but in the green. 2008 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 3 Apr. d7/5 And when clumps get too dense, it's best to move them ‘in the green’, she said, referring to the time after the plants flower, while the leaves are still green. < as lemmas |
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