| 单词 | knowledge tree |
| 释义 | > as lemmasknowledge tree knowledge tree n. a tree from which knowledge may be obtained; esp. the tree of knowledge of good and evil (as described in Genesis 2:9). ΚΠ 1629 J. Kennedy Theol. Epitome sig. A3v Then Adam said to God againe, the woman thou gaue mee, Gaue it to mee, and wee amaine, did eate of knowledge tree. ?a1630 S. Rowlands in E. Farr Select Poetry (1845) ii. liii. 357 Life's arbour next, which grace did fill; And knowledge-tree of good and ill. 1651 R. Whitehall Τέχνηπολιμογαμία sig. A2 As if the Snake about the knowledge Tree Still had his Sting, still his Malignity. 1837 Blackwood's Lady's Mag. 2 30/1 The first knowledge-tree, of which The young adventurer tastes, is, Birch! 1948 C. Day Lewis Poems 1943–7 45 My staff is cut from the knowledge tree.My place no infidel eye can see. 2008 K. Loy Finding Reality viii. 113 After they [sc. Adam and Eve] ate from the knowledge tree, they became embarrassed about being naked. < as lemmas |
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