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单词 ashen
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ashenadj.1

/ˈaʃən/
Forms: Also Middle English ( esscen), aisshen, Middle English–1500s asshen, 1500s aschyn, eshen.
Etymology: < ash n.1 + -en suffix4.
1. Of or pertaining to an ash-tree. (Cf. aspen adj. and n.)
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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.
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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

/ˈaʃən/
Etymology: < ash n.2 + -en suffix4.
1. Of ashes. Also figurative.
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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.
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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).
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