单词 | ashen |
释义 | ashenadj.1 1. Of or pertaining to an ash-tree. (Cf. aspen adj. and n.) ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > ash and allies > [adjective] ashen1562 1562 W. Turner 2nd Pt. Herball f. 6v The iuice..of ashen leaues..is good to make fatte men leane. c1595 J. Norden Speculum Brit. Cornw. (1728) 34 Penwith signifieth the head of ashen trees. 1676 T. Hobbes tr. Homer Iliads xiii. 188 A goodly Ashen Tree. 1736 Compl. Family-piece i. iii. 161 Put the Ashen Keys into the Pickle. 1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam cxiii. 178 By ashen roots the violets blow. View more context for this quotation 2. Made of the wood of the ash. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood of specific trees > [adjective] > other specific tree aldernOE ashena1400 terebinthenc1440 elmen1466 yewen1501 Brazil1577 walnut-tree1687 arbuteana1706 white pine1708 mahogany1730 teak-built1835 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 5614 An esscen [perh. read rescen] kyst sco did be wroght. a1500 (?c1450) Merlin 117 Arthur..griped a grete aisshen spere. ?a1527 in Regulations & Establishm. Househ. Earl of Northumberland (1905) 812 To gyf yerely as many Eshen Cuppis. c1547 Vox Populi iv, in J. Skelton Poet. Wks. (1843) II. 404 Thay that of latt did supe Owtt of an aschyn cuppe. 1815 W. Scott Lord of Isles iv. ix. 139 Each his ashen bow unbent. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2020). ashenadj.2 1. Of ashes. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > products of burning > [adjective] > relating to or of the nature of ashes ashy1483 favillous1650 cineritious1732 cinerary1753 cinereal1807 cinereous1811 ashen1850 1850 E. B. Browning Poems (new ed.) I. 349 Wait soul, until thine ashen garments fall! 1879 A. W. Tourgée Fool's Errand xlvi. 350 A Sodom-like fruitage of ashen words. 1882 Pall Mall Gaz. 25 Oct. 2/2 The effects of the ashen shower were not instantaneous. 2. Ash-coloured, whitish-grey, deadly pale. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > state or mode of having colour > absence of colour > [adjective] > pale blackeOE blokec1200 blakec1275 fadec1290 bleykea1300 palisha1398 wanned1494 ashy?1541 wearish-coloured1548 wanny1555 wheyish1560 bleak1566 paly1568 ghastly1574 blankish1580 sick1599 palled1601 ashied1613 lurid1656 lunar1742 wax-like1748 ashen1808 unbrightened1827 waxy1835 peely-wally1895 waxen-hued1916 1808 W. Scott Marmion vi. xiv. 337 The flush of rage O'ercame the ashen hue of age. 1875 H. W. Longfellow Summer day by Sea Yon little cloud of ashen gray and gold. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1a1400adj.21808 |
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