单词 | laureate shade |
释义 | > as lemmaslaureate shade b. Of a crown, wreath: Consisting of laurel, or imitating one composed of laurel (blending with the attributive use of the noun). Hence (poetic) laureate shade. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > bay-tree and allies > [adjective] laureate1483 Daphnean1606 laurelled1867 Terminalia1926 saj1952 the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > token of victory or supreme excellence > [adjective] > having been awarded a decoration > invested with specific wreath or fillet > of a wreath: of laurel laureate1483 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 243/1 He..sawe..saynt domynyk crowned with a crowne of gold laureate. 1513 Lydgate's Troye Bk. (Pynson) Prol. A ij The palme laureat Whiche yt they wan by knygthode in theyr dayes. 1597 Pilgrimage Parnassus i. 51 There may youre templs be adornd with bays..There may you sit in softe greene lauriate shade. 1628 G. Wither Britain's Remembrancer iv. 1794 The Lawreat Wreath. 1655 H. Vaughan Silex Scintillans (ed. 2) ii. Pref. sig. A3v That is the Βραβεῖον, and Laureate Crown, which idle Poems will..bring to their unrelenting Authors. 1744 M. Akenside Pleasures Imagination i. 54 Unfading flowers Cull'd from the laureate vale's profound recess, Where never poet gain'd a wreath before. 1769 T. Gray Ode at Installation Duke of Grafton 8 To grace thy youthful brow The laureate wreath, that Cecil wore, she brings. < as lemmas |
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